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SpaceX probably did not request an air strike. This might be a case of weird rules for dealing with range safety. That is making sure the area around the rocket
by gene-h 9y ago
SpaceX probably did not request an air strike. This might be a case of weird rules for dealing with range safety. That is making sure the area around the rocket range is safe. As this was a military launch, the US Air Force Space Command was in charge of range safety[0]. Since the Air Force was responsible for range safety, they were also probably responsible for dealing with the navigation hazard the rocket presented.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_safety
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- frankydp 9y agoThe Eastern Range would certainly have processed the making safe of the un-safed booster. I am sure this scenario was in the Debris Risk Analysis or some other preflight documentation, required by the range. I believe the 45th is responsible for range safety at the Eastern Range for all launches, regardless of mission or customer. http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/afspc/publication/afspcman91-710v2/afspcman91-710v2.pdf http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/afspc/publica...