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Rocket Lab unveils plan to land small rockets by catching them with a helicopter

Rocket Lab unveils plan to land small rockets by catching them with a helicopter - AUG 6 2019


"Rocket Lab, the leading U.S. company in launching small rockets, is aiming to take a major step in the year ahead: Recovering and re-using the largest part of its Electron rocket.

If Rocket Lab’s plan succeeds, it would become only the second private company to return an orbital-class rocket booster to land – only SpaceX has previously pulled off the feat.

The booster is the large, bottom portion of the rocket. The key advantage in re-use for Rocket Lab is launching more frequently, CEO Peter Beck told CNBC in an exclusive interview, as the company will be able to add previously flown rockets to its line-up of rockets coming off the assembly line.

“Even if we recover a booster stage once and reuse it once, we’ve doubled our production rate, essentially,” Beck said."