Rocket Lab's next launch will feature second booster recovery, aiming for reusability like SpaceX
Rocket Lab’s next launch will feature second booster recovery, aiming for reusability like SpaceX CNBC 3 hrs ago Michael Sheetz The next mission, its 20th to date, is scheduled to launch in May from the company's private facility in New Zealand. The primary goal of the mission is to deploy two satellites in orbit for BlackSky. But Rocket Lab will also attempt to recover the booster stage of its Electron rocket after the launch, by splashing it down in the ocean. "This is really the next step in the iteration to make Electron reusable," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told CNBC.