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TIL smallsat launcher flight termination systems often don't use explosives (lemmynsfw.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's probably not just software. I'd expect it to be an entirely separate set of processors which track how the flight is going and do absolutely nothing except decide whether or not to terminate

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yea, makes sense