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Rocket Lab launches Swedish atmospheric research satellite, unable to catch booster
Published by Spaceflight Now on 11/04/2022
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher placed a small Swedish atmospheric research satellite into an on-target polar orbit Friday, but an attempt to recover a booster stage with a helicopter was aborted after a brief telemetry loss from the rocket on descent.