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== Recovery ==

== Recovery ==

[[File:L1_Guide_Delay_Charge.png|thumb|200px|right|Motor delay/ejection charges]]

[[File:L1_Guide_Delay_Charge.png|thumb|165px|right|Motor delay charge]]

So you've launched your rocket and watched it fly upwards as good rockets do. Now you need to bring it back safely. A standard parachute recovery for an L1 rocket involves deploying a single main parachute out of the rocket at apogee. Apogee is the highest point of a rocket trajectory, where the vertical velocity is momentarily zero and the rocket transitions from ascent to descent. This is the point at which the rocket is moving slowest and is ideal for parachute deployment. This is to allow the parachute to properly deploy and minimize aerodynamic forces on it while it deploys.

So you've launched your rocket and watched it fly upwards as good rockets do. Now you need to bring it back safely. A standard parachute recovery for an L1 rocket involves deploying a single main parachute out of the rocket at apogee. Apogee is the highest point of a rocket trajectory, where the vertical velocity is momentarily zero and the rocket transitions from ascent to descent. This is the point at which the rocket is moving slowest and is ideal for parachute deployment. This is to allow the parachute to properly deploy and minimize aerodynamic forces on it while it deploys.