The company returned its Electron rocket's booster – the lower portion and most expensive part of the rocket – through the Earth's atmosphere.
Rocket Lab launched seven spacecraft early Friday morning as the builder of small rockets completed another mission, but one launch came with a significant achievement. "Our first guided stage re-entry was a complete success," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said in a statement. "The stage made it through the harsh re-entry environment intact, which is an outstanding result for a first test of our recovery systems."Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab, instead, is testing a technology Beck calls an "aero thermal decelerator" – essentially using the atmosphere to slow down the rocket. After separating from the upper stage of the Electron rocket, which carried the spacecraft into orbit, Rocket Lab's onboard computer guided the booster through re-entry, successfully flipping it around 180 degrees.
The elephant in the room for RocketLab is that they're charging $6.5 to $7M for a ride when SpaceX charges as little as $1M for a similar product. Hard to reduce costs & prices by 7x while spending $millions to buy & operate custom 🚁 to catch 🚀 in midair
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