Safety Design for Space Operations
Description
Key Features
- Fully endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), with contributions from leading experts at NASA, the European Space Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), amongst others
- Covers all aspects of space operations relating to safety of the general public, as well as the protection of valuable assets and the environment
- Focuses on launch operations safety relating to manned and unmanned missions, such as the launch of probes and commercial satellites
Readership
Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface
About the Editors and Contributors
Firooz A. ALLAHDADI, Ph.D
Isabelle RONGIER
Paul D. WILDE, Ph.D., P.E
Tommaso SGOBBA
William AILOR, Ph.D
Fernand ALBY
John B. BACON, Ph.D
Sayavur I. BAKHTIYAROV, Ph.D
Christophe BONNAL
Curt D. BOTTS
Bernard BRANDT
Kenneth BUTTON
Estelle CHAMPESTING
Jon CHROSTOWSKI
Nathalie COSTEDOAT
Robert DEMPSEY, Ph.D
John DOLLBERG
Melissa EMERY
Wigbert FEHSE, Ph.D
David FINKLEMAN, Ph.D
Jean-François GOESTER
Charles GRAY
Jerry HABER
Andrew HERD
Lark HOWORTH
Nicholas JOHNSON
Michael T. KEZIRIAN, Ph.D
Paul KIRKPATRICK
Steven L. KOONTZ, Ph.D
Georg KOPPENWALLNER, Ph.D. (1935–2012)
Leonard KRAMER, Ph.D
Udaya KUMAR, Ph.D
Erik LARSON Ph.D
Wim van LEEUWEN
Carine LEVEAU
Eugene LEVIN, Ph.D
Michael G. LUTOMSKI
Kelli MALONEY
Ronald R. MIKATARIAN
D. F. Kip MIKULA
Erwin MOOIJ, Ph.D
Randy NYMAN
Ron NOOMEN
Gary F. POLANSKI, Ph.D
Sandrine RICHARD
Karl U. SCHREIBER, Ph.D
Joseph A. SHOLTIS
Carlos E. SOARES
Richard G. STERN
Marc TOUSSAINT
Jean-Pierre TRINCHERO
Jérôme VILA
Gregory D. WYSS, Ph.D
Chapter 1. Introduction to Space Operations Safety
1.1 General
1.2 Safety Risk Management
1.3 Launch Site Safety
1.4 Launch Safety
1.5 Nuclear-Powered Payloads Safety
1.6 Orbital Safety
1.7 Re-Entry Safety
1.8 Aircraft Protection
Chapter 2. Spaceport Design for Safety
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Choice of Launch Site
2.3 Master Plan of a Spaceport
2.4 Ground Risk Control
2.5 Flight Risk Control
2.6 Safety Design for a Spaceport
2.7 Major Impacts of Safety Requirements on Spaceport Design
2.8 Specificity of Launch Pad Escape System Design for Human Spaceflight
2.9 Environment Protection
2.10 General Conclusion
Further Reading
Chapter 3. Ground Safety: Special Topics
3.1 Safety During Payload Ground Processing
3.2 Gases Storage and Handling Safety
Chapter 4. Safety in Launch Operations
4.1 Launch Operations Safety
4.2 Re-Entry of the Main Cryotechnic Stage of Ariane 5: Challenges, Modeling and Observations
Further Reading
Chapter 5. Other Launch Safety Hazards
5.1 Toxic Hazards
5.2 Distant Focusing Overpressure Risk Analysis
5.3 Other Launches and Platforms
Chapter 6. Nuclear-Powered Payload Safety
6.1 Introduction to Space Nuclear Systems
6.2 SNPS Launch History and Accidents
6.3 Launch Abort Environments Affecting SNPSs
6.4 Containment Design
6.5 Risk Assessment for Nuclear Missions
6.6 International Protocols and U.S. Environmental Review
6.7 Nuclear Mission Launch Approval
6.8 Nuclear Mission Launch Integration
6.9 Symbols and Acronyms
References
Chapter 7. On-Orbit Mission Control
7.1 Mission Control Center Design and Operations
7.2 Hazardous Commands Identification and Control
7.3 Flight Rules: Purpose and Use
Chapter 8. Orbital Operations Safety
8.1 Space Situational Awareness Systems and Space Traffic Control
8.2 Orbit Design for Safety
8.3 Conjunction Analysis
8.4 Collision Avoidance Maneuvers for the International Space Station (ISS)
8.5 Safe On-Orbit Manoeuvres Design
8.5.2 Risk Management of Jettisoned Objects in LEO
8.6 Spacecraft Charging Hazards
8.7 Spacecraft Contamination Hazard
8.8 End-of-Life Debris Mitigation Measures
8.9 Space Debris Removal
Chapter 9. Re-Entry Operations Safety
9.1 Introduction to Re-Entry Operations Safety Design
9.2 Re-Entry Trajectory Analyses
9.3 Re-Entry Breakup and Survivability Analyses
9.4 Evidence of Re-Entry Breakup and Survivability
9.5 Re-Entry Risk and Hazard Analyses
9.6 Design for Re-Entry Demise
Chapter 10. Air-Space Traffic Interface Management
10.1 Computing Risk to Aircraft
10.2 Aircraft Vulnerability
10.3 Typical Aircraft Risk Mitigation Approach
10.4 Alternative Approaches
10.5 Real-Time Management
10.6 Summary
References
Chapter 11. Safety of Ground-based Space Laser Application
11.1 Introduction
11.2 History of Satellite Laser Ranging
11.3 Concept of SLR Technology
11.4 International Laser Ranging Service and Mission Safety
11.5 In-Sky Laser Safety
11.6 Laser Safety in Space
11.7 Summary
References
Chapter 12. The Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment in the Operations Phase of Space Missions
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Communicating Risk to the Customer
12.3 Examples of PRA Applied to an Operational Program
12.4 Conclusion
References
Appendix A. Meteorology and Range Safety
Appendix B. Human and Structural Vulnerability
Human Vulnerability
Structure Vulnerability
Appendix C. Launch Chronology and Launch Failures
Introduction
Reference Documents and Sources
Database Description and Summary
Orbital Launch Attempts by Date
Orbital Launch Attempts by Launch Vehicle Family Type
Orbital Launch Attempts by Country/Launch Provider and by Launch Site
Derived Orbital Launch Attempt Failure Rate Data
Conclusion
Appendix D. Lightning Protection Systems
Introduction to Lightning
Charge Structure of a Thundercloud
Types of Lightning Discharge
Vehicle Triggered Lightning
Electrical Discharges above Thundercloud
Occurrence Probability
Events in a Cloud-to-Ground Lightning
Parameters Involved
General Threats
Lightning Protection System – Components of External Protection System
Lightning Protection System – Internal Protection
Lightning Launch Commit Criteria
Protection of Other Important Structures
Additional Issues
Further Reading
Appendix E. The Role of Economics in Spaceport Safety
Introduction
The Economics of Spaceports
Issues of Safety
Reactions to Safety Concerns
Demand-Side Design Considerations
Public Interest and Safety
The Institutional Context
Some Other Considerations
Conclusions
Appendix F. Re-Entry Risk Formulas
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 1072
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2013
- Published: March 24, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080969220
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780080969213
About the Editors
Firooz Allahdadi
In1998 Dr. Allahdadi employed rigorous scientific analysis to revamp Air Force’s conventional weapons operational safety and guidelines. This undertaking produced measurable operational efficiency and considerable real estate savings. He pioneered the Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Safety initiative leading teams of experts to identify and quantify the entire DEW hazards spectrum. He authored the governing DEW operation safety policies, AFPD 91-4, which has been benchmarked throughout US military.
As the DoD representative, Dr. Firooz Allahdadi oversaw special analysis, provided technical oversight and garnered Presidential Launch authorization for the two Martian launches “Spirit” and “Opportunity” in 2003, the “New Horizons Mission,” a journey to Pluto in 2005, and landing of the nuclear powered Rover “Curiosity” on the surface of Mars in 2010.
He founded and directed the Space Kinetic Impact and Debris Division (1990-1998) at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He led teams of scientists and engineers to develop high-fidelity analytical tools to predict dynamics of the debris clouds created from any space engagements. This technology was employed to simulate specific space scenarios for national security planning.
Dr. Firooz Allahdadi lectured on transport phenomenon and conducted research on several nationally important programs as a faculty member at University of New Mexico. He is a member of the National Research Council, Chief Editor of the International Society for Optical Engineering and has authored over 75 scientific papers.
Affiliations and Expertise
Isabelle Rongier
Before (2005-2010), Isabelle Rongier was the Technical Director of CNES Launcher Directorate, dealing with all technical domain of a launcher design (solid, liquid and cryogenic propulsion, system and environment, mechanics and avionics). She has worked on all launchers operated from the European spaceport in French Guyana: Ariane 4 and 5, VEGA and Soyuz. She has always been deeply involved in safety methods and studies for all those launchers.
From 1997 to 2005, Isabelle Rongier served as head of system department and senior expert on flight management, including trajectory optimization, GNC algorithms design and validation, on board flight software design and qualification, transient phases analysis. All these skills are necessary assets for performing safety analyses.
Affiliations and Expertise
Paul Wilde
Dr. Paul Wilde was a leader in the development of several major US regulations and standards on launch and re-entry risk management. For example, he was the lead author for five of the eleven chapters in the US national standard on range operations risk acceptability requirements, rationale, and implementation guidelines. Dr. Paul Wilde was co-chair of the Common Standards Working Group during the development of the FAA regulation on launch safety, and a principal author for the FAA’s Flight Safety Analysis Handbook. He has published over 100 technical reports and papers. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, Special Congressional Recognition, and several other awards. He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas, with degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California.
Affiliations and Expertise
About the Editor in Chief
Tommaso Sgobba
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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Klas N. Mon May 14 2018
Safety Design for Space Operation
You have to have it!
Klas N. Thu Dec 28 2017
Safety design for space operations
Very good book, lots of useful facts. Some chapters were less pedagogical though.