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:
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.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Space Operations Safety 2. Chapter 2. Spaceport Design for Safety 3. Chapter 3. Ground Safety: Special Topics 4. Chapter 4. Safety in Launch Operations 5. Chapter 5. Other Launch Safety Hazards 6. Chapter 6. Nuclear-Powered Payload Safety 7. Chapter 7. On-Orbit Mission Control 8. Chapter 8. Orbital Operations Safety 9. 8.1 Space Situational Awareness Systems and Space Traffic Control 10. 8.2 Orbit Design for Safety 11. 8.3 Conjunction Analysis 12. 8.4 Collision Avoidance Maneuvers for the International Space Station (ISS) 13. 8.5 Safe On-Orbit Manoeuvres Design 14. 8.5.2 Risk Management of Jettisoned Objects in LEO 15. 8.6 Spacecraft Charging Hazards 16. 8.7 Spacecraft Contamination Hazard 17. 8.8 End-of-Life Debris Mitigation Measures 18. 8.9 Space Debris Removal 19. Chapter 9. Re-Entry Operations Safety 20. 9.1 Introduction to Re-Entry Operations Safety Design 21. 9.2 Re-Entry Trajectory Analyses 22. 9.3 Re-Entry Breakup and Survivability Analyses 23. 9.4 Evidence of Re-Entry Breakup and Survivability 24. 9.5 Re-Entry Risk and Hazard Analyses 25. 9.6 Design for Re-Entry Demise 26. Chapter 10. Air-Space Traffic Interface Management 27. Chapter 11. Safety of Ground-based Space Laser Application 28. Chapter 12. The Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment in the Operations Phase of Space Missions 29. Appendix A. Meteorology and Range Safety 30. Appendix B. Human and Structural Vulnerability 31. Appendix C. Launch Chronology and Launch Failures 32. Appendix D. Lightning Protection Systems 33. Appendix E. The Role of Economics in Spaceport Safety 34. Appendix F. Re-Entry Risk Formulas 35. Index
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:
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.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Space Operations Safety 2. Chapter 2. Spaceport Design for Safety 3. Chapter 3. Ground Safety: Special Topics 4. Chapter 4. Safety in Launch Operations 5. Chapter 5. Other Launch Safety Hazards 6. Chapter 6. Nuclear-Powered Payload Safety 7. Chapter 7. On-Orbit Mission Control 8. Chapter 8. Orbital Operations Safety 9. 8.1 Space Situational Awareness Systems and Space Traffic Control 10. 8.2 Orbit Design for Safety 11. 8.3 Conjunction Analysis 12. 8.4 Collision Avoidance Maneuvers for the International Space Station (ISS) 13. 8.5 Safe On-Orbit Manoeuvres Design 14. 8.5.2 Risk Management of Jettisoned Objects in LEO 15. 8.6 Spacecraft Charging Hazards 16. 8.7 Spacecraft Contamination Hazard 17. 8.8 End-of-Life Debris Mitigation Measures 18. 8.9 Space Debris Removal 19. Chapter 9. Re-Entry Operations Safety 20. 9.1 Introduction to Re-Entry Operations Safety Design 21. 9.2 Re-Entry Trajectory Analyses 22. 9.3 Re-Entry Breakup and Survivability Analyses 23. 9.4 Evidence of Re-Entry Breakup and Survivability 24. 9.5 Re-Entry Risk and Hazard Analyses 25. 9.6 Design for Re-Entry Demise 26. Chapter 10. Air-Space Traffic Interface Management 27. Chapter 11. Safety of Ground-based Space Laser Application 28. Chapter 12. The Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment in the Operations Phase of Space Missions 29. Appendix A. Meteorology and Range Safety 30. Appendix B. Human and Structural Vulnerability 31. Appendix C. Launch Chronology and Launch Failures 32. Appendix D. Lightning Protection Systems 33. Appendix E. The Role of Economics in Spaceport Safety 34. Appendix F. Re-Entry Risk Formulas 35. Index
