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My favorite part of this story:

"The rocket terminated the flight after judging that the achievement of its mission would be difficult."

"Man, this is too hard, better explode!"

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not clear on this particular one, but I believe there can be both. Onboard sensors can initiate flight termination as well as a ground-based range safety officer.

Edit: Yeah. Looks like there have been autonomous methods since about 1998.

An autonomous flight termination system (AFTS) or autonomous flight safety system (AFSS) is a system in which the rocket's flight computer can command flight termination without depending on ground personnel.

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Which in itself is a failsafe in case communication is disrupted. These are good things.