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A couple things. The first is that Starship has a AFTS (Autonomous Flight Termination System), which means that it's commanding itself to destruct if it predic
by trothamel 3y ago
A couple things.
The first is that Starship has a AFTS (Autonomous Flight Termination System), which means that it's commanding itself to destruct if it predicts that it will be going out of bounds, rather than the ground sending the command to it. I don't think there is a way to command the rocket remotely after launch.
The other thing is that it did break up when it was around 30 KM above ground.
- dgrin91 3y agoI'm fairly sure that by regulation they need to have a manual override just in case the AFTS fails.
- magicalhippo 3y agoCorrect as far as I can see. D417.9 in the FAR[1]: (a) A flight termination system must include a command destruct system that is initiated by radio command and satisfies the requirements of this section. [1]: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-III/subchapter-C/part-417/appendix-Appendix%20D%20to%20Part%20417 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-III/subchapter...