Watch Rocket Lab lift off from US for first time, put radio-sniffing sats into orbit
to automatically blow up the rocket it's attached to if the craft goes off course or malfunctions.
This, we're told, saves providers from coming up with their own proprietary units; reduces launch complexity, resources, and costs; keeps NASA happy or at least reassured; and ensures there's a uniform, baseline approach to automated range safety across multiple launch providers. As NASA put it: "In taking NAFTU across the finish line, NASA has delivered an autonomous flight termination system like no other in operation today filling a critical gap in modernizing our nation's launch ranges," David Pierce, Wallops Flight Facility director,in a statement."We're proud to have made this and future US Rocket Lab Electron launches possible with our game-changing flight safety technology.
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