Safety Design for Space Operations

Chapter 4

Safety in Launch Operations

Jerry Haber, Christophe Bonnal, Carine Leveau, Jérôme Vila and Marc Toussaint

Chapter Outline

4.1 Launch Operations Safety

Jerry Haber

4.2 Re-Entry of the Main Cryotechnic Stage of Ariane 5: Challenges, Modeling and Observations

Christophe Bonnal, Carine Leveau, Jérôme Vila, Marc Toussaint

4.1 Launch Operations Safety^∗

Jerry Haber

Introduction

The focus of this section is the thought processes, the data development, the analyses and the control mechanisms employed to assure that a planned mission is executed safely. The narrative begins with a discussion of risk management, including definition of the basic elements and how an understanding of these elements provides the basis for managing risk levels. This ...