Rocket Lab sells rocket-catching helicopters

Rocket Lab sells rocket-catching helicopters
Rocket Lab used its modified Sikorsky S-92 to catch an Electron booster as it fell from space. (Image: Supplied)
John Anthony
Rocket Lab has divested two helicopters after calling time on its ambitious programme of catching Electron rocket boosters as they fell from space.An annual return for Rocket Lab’s New Zealand company, recently made public on the Companies Office, stated that in the first quarter of 2023, the company updated its Electron recovery strategy by completing a marine recovery.According to the annual report, the company believed this was a more effective and financially viable recovery for reusing rockets.As a result, the company ceased mid-air...

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