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They said in the press conference that it wasn't a commanded event.


Press conference said that range safety didn't command the FTS (flight termination system) and there is no data (yet) that FTS enabled, but that's doesn't mean the on-board FTS didn't activate itself. It certainly looked like a controlled explosion...

Comment from Reddit that may be useful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/3bejxp/spacex_crs7_h...




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