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Rocket Lab recover parachute rocket after sending satellites – SAT PRWire
The Rocket Lab company sent 30 communications satellites into space this Thursday and managed to recover the rocket for future reuse thanks to a series of parachutes….
The Rocket Lab company sent 30 communications satellites (and a gnome of the creator of Dota 2) into space this Thursday and managed to recover the rocket for future reuse thanks to a series of parachutes.
Electron, the company’s rocket, is used to launch small probes into low Earth orbit. In its previous 15 launches, a new system was used for each of them, but the company now intends to try to save most of the rocket for later missions.
The envisioned plan is that, at a certain altitude, the Electron…
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