Safety Design for Space Operations

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-08-096921-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 1072 Seiten, Format (B × H): 195 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 2299 g

Endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and drawing on the expertise of the world's leading experts in the field, Safety Design for Space Operations provides the practical how-to guidance and knowledge base needed to facilitate effective launch-site and operations safety in line with current regulations.

With information on space operations safety design currently disparate and difficult to find in one place, this unique reference brings together essential material on:

- Best design practices relating to space operations, such as the design of spaceport facilities.

- Advanced analysis methods, such as those used to calculate launch and re-entry debris fall-out risk.

- Implementation of safe operation procedures, such as on-orbit space traffic management.

- Safety considerations relating to the general public and the environment in addition to personnel and asset protection.

Taking in launch operations safety relating unmanned missions, such as the launch of probes and commercial satellites, as well as manned missions, Safety Design for Space Operations provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, spaceport operators, satellite operators and consulting firms.

Zielgruppe

<p>Aerospace engineers, systems engineering and safety managers working in space agencies, the commercial space industry and consulting firms. Also suitable for use as a reference for senior and graduate level courses covering mission design and space safety. </p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allahdadi, Firooz

Rongier, Isabelle

Wilde, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Astronautik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Space Operations Safety2. Spaceport Design for Safety3. Ground Safety: Special Topics4. Safety in Launch Operations5. Other Launch safety Hazards6. Nuclear-powered payload safety7. On-Orbit Mission Control8. Orbital operations safety9. Re-entry operations safety10. Air-Space Traffic Interface Management11. Safety of Ground-based Space Laser Application12. The Use of Quantitative Risk assessment in the Operations Phase of Space MissionsAppendix A. Meteorology and Range Safety Appendix B. Human and Structural Vulnerability Appendix C. Launch Chronology and Launch Failures Appendix D. Lightning Protection Systems Appendix E. The Role of Economics in Spaceport Safety Appendix F. Re-Entry Risk Formulas Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wilde, Paul
Dr. Paul Wilde has 20 years of experience in space safety standards development, launch and re-entry safety evaluations, explosive safety analysis, and operations safety. He is currently a technical advisor for the Chief Engineer in FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation and chairman of the Range Commander's Council Risk Committee. He has performed leading roles for multi-organization projects in several high-profile situations. During the Columbia accident investigation, Dr. Paul Wilde was the principal investigator of public safety issues and provided technical oversight for the foam impact tests. He also performed key roles in the independent flight safety evaluations for the maiden flights of the ATV, Atlas V, Delta IV, Falcon 9-Dragon, Space Ship 1, and the Titan IVB.

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.

Rongier, Isabelle
Isabelle Rongier is General Inspector, Director of General Inspection and Quality, of the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) since April 2010, in charge of internal audit and risk assessment at Agency level, and responsible for quality standards application in management processes and space projects. She's also responsible for certifying technical conformity to the French Space Operation Act before each space operation (launch operations and in orbit operations) is authorized. This certificate is then sent to French Ministry of Space on behalf of President of CNES.

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.