US aerospace technology company Rocket Lab successfully completed the Baby Come Back mission last Monday (17). Company managed to successfully restore the first stage of the reusable Elektron rocket.. To complete the mission, Rocket Lab used the ship to collect reusable rocket fuel that fell into the Pacific Ocean 2:30 hours after launch.

The company held a Splashdown (splash in Portuguese). ABOUT the term is used to illustrate a maneuver where an object descending to Earth deploys a set of parachutes and falls into the ocean.. The company initially considered using a helicopter to retrieve the reusable fuel, but decided to use a parachute and splashdown technique to ensure the success of the Baby Come Back mission.

Rocket Lab successfully completed the Baby Come Back mission

After the launch, the launch vehicle separated from the Elektron rocket and began its flight. descent to the Earth at a speed of more than 9000 km / h, reaching temperatures of 2400 degrees Celsius. The rocket deployed its main parachute about eight minutes after liftoff, allowing it to safely dive into the ocean. After contact with water, Rocket Lab delivered fuel to the ship with “grab cradle designed specifically for the mission“The intention is to reuse the fuel in future missions and reduce the cost of the project.

Rocket Lab changed its strategy after several unsuccessful attempts to recover engines using a helicopter. In one of the sorties, the helicopter even managed to catch fuel in the air (which is quite impressive), but the pilots dumped it into the ocean because they were worried about the behavior of the helicopter. According to company spokesman Morgan Bailey, the current mission went better than expected. “Rocket Lab plans to evaluate the recovered stage “for future analysis to inform future recovery missions and ultimately the next Electron flight.”‘, Bailey told The Verge.

Rocket Lab is not the first company to successfully complete reusable rocket booster recovery missions. We have Elon Musk’s SpaceX as a direct competitor, but thanks to the success of the Baby Come Back mission, Rocket Lab is positioning itself as a competitor in the market and space missions are becoming more environmentally and financially sustainable.

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Source: Edge

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