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Space company Rocket Lab is set to make another attempt at catching one of its Electron boosters with a helicopter, as the venture pursues reusability of its rockets.
The company is set to launch the “Catch Me If You Can” mission from its private facility in New Zealand on Friday, within a window between 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. ET.
Rocket Lab’s mission, its ninth Electron launch this year, has a primary goal of delivering a research satellite to orbit for the Swedish National Space Agency.
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But the company has a secondary goal: Recover the booster, the largest segment of the Electron rocket, using a helicopter that would catch it mid-air as it returns to Earth above the Pacific Ocean.
The helicopter the company uses to recover its rocket boosters.
Rocket Lab
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