New Zealand-based Rocket Lab's upcoming 'Baby Come Back' mission will deploy satellites before testing its ocean recovery of Electron first-stage.
will splash down and be recovered by a ship using minor design changes after the company abandoned plans for mid-air recovery earlier this year. “There are some internal vehicle changes to improve its ability to keep water out of the areas where we don’t want it,” said Peter Beck, chief executive of Rocket Lab, in an interview. “We’ve taken this next opportunity to improve the water-tightness of the vehicle," he added.
To this end, the company is now using a two-point lifting method to recover the stage out of the water and onto a ship, which was not a priority when the company was focused on helicopter recovery. This method simplifies the recovery process and reduces the risk of damaging the stage. Rocket Lab has also replaced the stage parachute with a lighter version. “We built a parachute optimized for aerocapture.
However, even after showcasing reusability, the company may not be able to recover or reuse equipment due to certain performance criteria for some missions. “The very nature of the missions that Electron gets requested to do means that we’ll never have full reusability,” Beck added.
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