Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced its next Electron mission, dubbed the ‘Baby Come Back’ mission, which will deploy seven satellites to space and include an attempt to recover the rocket’s booster after launch. The mission is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens on July 14, 2023 UTC. Rocket Lab’s recovery team will retrieve Electron using a customized vessel and transport the stage back to Rocket Lab’s production complex for analysis. The mission is a rideshare mission and will carry satellites for multiple customers, including NASA’s Starling mission, Space Flight Laboratory’s Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite, and Spire Global’s two 3U satellites carrying Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) payloads.
