Armadillo Aerospace has precision landings down pat
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Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-B floats into a GPS-guided soft landing
Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-B suborbital rocket
Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-B suborbital rocket
Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-B suborbital rocket
Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-B suborbital rocket
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Armadillo Aerospace has taken some major strides with its FAA-approved suborbital rocket, the STIG-B. Despite encountering difficulties reaching design altitude during testing, the company appears to have mastered the landing side of the equation using a self-guided ramair parachute system. A flight on December 6 returned the rocket to within 55 meters (180 ft) of the intended recovery point.
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