All going to plan, a retrieval vessel will then locate it, and ship it to Rocket Lab's production complex in Auckland for refurbishment. Rocket Lab's helicopter drop-test Video / SuppliedThe company has already trialed a mid-air capture (see video below), albeit using a lightweight dummy booster. Next up for Rocket Lab: its first launch from US soil and its support role for Nasa's return to the moon. Rocket Lab's 16th mission: the payloadsThe mission, which will be Rocket Lab's 16th Electron launch, will lift-off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula during a 14-day launch window that opens on November 16 NZT / November 15 UTC. The SpaceBEES will be integrated into two of Rocket Lab's 12U Maxwell CubeSat dispensers for orbital deployment.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 20, 2020 00:33 UTC