The US-New Zealand Rocket Lab firm takes a big step forward in its quest to re-use launch vehicles.
Rocket Lab launches its two-stage Electron vehicles from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
The second, or upper, stage, completes the task of placing the satellite passengers in orbit with the help of a small kick-stage called Curie. Both the second stage and this Curie kick-stage eventually fall back into the atmosphere and burn up.
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