We will understand what happened, hopefully soon, and we'll get things back on track," said Frank Culbertson, executive vice-president of Orbital Sciences.
"We've all seen this happen in our business before, and we've all seen the teams recover from this, and we will do the same."
No-one was injured, said Mr Culbertson, and an investigation team was going through the data to try to establish the cause.
He added it was possible his company's staff had triggered the rocket's destruct mechanism after the launch went wrong, but that he was not certain.
Investigating the crash
The examination of debris around the site would begin on Wednesday morning, Mr Culbertson said.
But he urged locals to avoid the crash area as the rocket had been carrying "hazardous materials".
"Certainly don't go souvenir hunting along the beach," he said.
We will understand what happened, hopefully soon, and we'll get things back on track," said Frank Culbertson, executive vice-president of Orbital Sciences.
"We've all seen this happen in our business before, and we've all seen the teams recover from this, and we will do the same."
No-one was injured, said Mr Culbertson, and an investigation team was going through the data to try to establish the cause.
He added it was possible his company's staff had triggered the rocket's destruct mechanism after the launch went wrong, but that he was not certain.
Investigating the crash
The examination of debris around the site would begin on Wednesday morning, Mr Culbertson said.
But he urged locals to avoid the crash area as the rocket had been carrying "hazardous materials".
"Certainly don't go souvenir hunting along the beach," he said.
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