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The stage was released by the pilot soon after capture: > Rocket Lab says the recovery helicopter “offloaded” the Electron first stage for splashdown after cat
by zlsa 4y ago
The stage was released by the pilot soon after capture:
> Rocket Lab says the recovery helicopter “offloaded” the Electron first stage for splashdown after catching the booster over the Pacific Ocean.
> The pilot noticed different load characteristics than experienced during previous testing, Rocket Lab said.
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1521276084821581827 https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/152127608482158182...
- jffry 4y agoThat's a little bit of a bummer, but it's still incredible they managed to catch it. Hopefully they'll be able to refine their approach and get a solid catch next time!
- techdragon 4y agoAnd hopefully one of the refinements is they use a wider angle camera on the next one. It was pretty frustrating knowing the pilot is vectoring at a target they can see while i’m just staring at a wall of clouds until the last few seconds.