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Rocket Lab “returns to sender” with Electron’s 1st first stage recovery – SpaceWatch.Global
Paris, 20 November 2020. – Successful return to sender: Rocket Lab has, for the first time, brought a first stage of its Electron back to Earth in tonight’s “Return…
Electron’s first stage on its way back to Earth. Photo: Rocket Lab
Paris, 20 November 2020. Successful return to sender: Rocket Lab has, for the first time, brought a first stage of its Electron back to Earth in tonight’s Return to Sender mission.
Splashdown of Electrons first stage confirmed, Rocket Lab tweeted this morning, recovery ops are underway.
Approximately two and a half minutes after lift-off, at an altitude of around 80 km, Electrons first and second stages separated per standard mission…
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