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Special Investigation Report: Commercial Space Launch Incident, Launch Procedure Anomaly Orbital Sciences Corporation PEGASUS/SCD-1, 80 Nautical Miles East of Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 9, 1993This report explains the procedural anomaly that occurred during the launch sequence of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus expendable launch vehicle, which was subsequently deployed successfully from an NB-52B airplane, on 9 Feb. 1993. The safety issues discussed in the report include command, control and communications responsibility, launch crew fatigue, launch interphone procedures, efficiency of launch constraints, and the lack of common launch documents. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were made to the Department of Transportation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Orbital Sciences Corporation.
Document ID
19940007421
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
July 26, 1993
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations
Space Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
NTSB/SIR-93/02
PB93-917003
Accession Number
94N11893
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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