Systems and methods for receiving a descending rocket, which may be at sea. The rocket may descend vertically with the nose higher than the nozzle. The rocket body may be angled as it descends. A boom arm with hooks may extend at an angle to the rocket body to engage a cable suspended by a semisubmersible platform at sea. The platform may include a dampened cable and lateral straps for securing and rotating the rocket into a horizontal orientation. The platform may receive a ship and purge water to elevate the platform for placing the horizontal rocket onto the ship.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING A DESCENDING ROCKET
2023-10-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
System for receiving a descending rocket on a semisubmersible vessel using a suspended cable
European Patent Office | 2024
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