What operational advantage does deep-ocean recovery provide for mission profiles?
Answer
It opens up options for higher energy trajectories
Maritime landing capability, hundreds of kilometers downrange, theoretically opens up more options for mission profiles that require higher energy trajectories because the booster does not need to reserve propellant for a return burn all the way back to the launch site.
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