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C-130s (like the planes that were used for retrieving objects dropped from satellites) are fine flying at 200kph, no need to max out their speed.
by Rebelgecko 5y ago
C-130s (like the planes that were used for retrieving objects dropped from satellites) are fine flying at 200kph, no need to max out their speed.
- refulgentis 5y agoTo their point, I'm not sure how well a carefully controlled slow descent and catch interplays with an object that can never be in place, in fact, it needs to be at 200 kph. Sounds much less safe.
- mulmen 5y agoIt works great. This story isn’t notable for the recovery method. It is notable because of what is being recovered (a reusable rocket booster).
- refulgentis 5y agoNo, it doesn't. Lol.
- marcosdumay 5y agoFrom wikipedia, it can land on as low as 120km/h. (That thing can be really slow, it's impressive.) Still, I expect an empty second stage rocket to weight little enough that one can get by with a smaller plane, that can fly slowly due to its little weight, instead of sheer engineering feat.