SpaceX: na high tech ‘booster recovery’ ook succesvolle ‘fairing recovery’ (video) – Low tech, met een netje
21 July 2020
11:40
SpaceX Catches Both Fairing Halves For the First Time Post-Launch
Just yesterday SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket up into the air as part of sending the South Korean Military Satellite ANASIS-II into orbit.
Today, the company’s CEO and founder, Elon Musk, shared an uplifting post on Twitter stating they’d successfully caught both halves of the fairing — something that will save SpaceX millions of dollars.
The fairing, a two-piece protective cover that goes around cargo being shot off into Space aboard the launch vehicle, is no cheap contraption to develop and make.
SpaceX has been trying and practicing to catch its fairing halves after launches to Space by using its two ships kitted out with special nets made to catch them as they fall back to Earth.
