Flight safety programs and enhancements for sounding rockets at Wallops Flight FacilitySounding rocket programs are becoming larger and more complex, thus range safety personnel are required to be central to vehicle and mission design and operations planning. In response to this, the Wallops Flight Facility (VA), is upgrading range facilities, tracking systems, mobile systems and real-time safety systems. These enhancements will improve safety and reliability while augmenting mission success. Flight safety requirements and responsibilities are summarized, and the range safety's future upgrades for wind weighting, real-time analysis and displays, and the mobile safety systems for rocket programs, are considered.
Document ID
19960014386
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Balach, Dean (NASA Wallops Flight Center Wallops Island, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: ESA, Proceedings of 12th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research