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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by engi_nerd on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:12AM (#8525499)
Up until a few months ago, I was an engineer for OSC. We used the same Flight Termination Logic Unit (FTLU) as Antares. I can confirm that it can provide for automatic destruct should the engineers desire it. I have no knowledge of the specifics of its use in Antares (I did not work on the Antares program), but given the constraints of operating from Wallops, I would not be surprised if automatic destruct is enabled for all Antares launches.

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