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Rocket Lab debuts fully Autonomous Flight Termination System

Submit on Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 22:59

Rocket Lab said it has flown a fully Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) for the first time on an Electron launch vehicle. The AFTS flown on the company’s most recent mission, ‘Running Out Of Fingers’, makes Rocket Lab one of only two U.S. launch companies to fly with an autonomous system.

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