Support equipment for collecting reusable rocket

Support equipment for collecting a reusable rocket, the support equipment comprising:

• a plurality of moveable and extendable supports located on a landing platform and spaced apart from one another;
• a rotatably and pivotally mounted contact support pad having a contacting face to contact a reusable rocket when the reusable rocket is landing, and connected to each of the supports to secure the reusable rocket;
• and
• a distance sensor configured to sense a position of the reusable rocket or the contact support pad,
• wherein each of the supports is configured to move and extend separately from the other supports and to move its rotatably and pivotally mounted contact support pad based on information on a distance measured by the distance sensor, such that the contact support pad of each of the supports is located at a same height, and
• the rotatably and pivotally mounted contact support pads are configured to secure the reusable rocket when the reusable rocket has landed, in order to prevent a damage of the reusable rocket.