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NASA Range Flight Safety Systems<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Purpose<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Provides a means of preventing a launch or aeronautical vehicle and its hazards, including any payload hazards, from reaching any populated or other protected area in the event of a vehicle failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flight Termination System (FTS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • A capability designed, tested and incorporated into vehicles that provides for the independent and deliberate termination of an errant or erratic vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Required for each propulsive stage<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Specific design dependent on type of vehicle and mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Tracking System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Must provide continuous vehicle position and status during launch and entry to the point where the public is no longer at risk<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Two valid and independent data sources must be provided (e.g. 2 radars, 1 radar and telemetry, 1 radar and optics, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Telemetry System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Must provide continuous flight safety related data during pre-launch operations, lift-off and throughout the time that the flight safety system is required to protect public areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • A telemetry receiving system must have the capacity to acquire, store, process, and provide real-time data to the RSO for the purpose of supporting a flight termination decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Recovery System (applies to UAVs and reusable vehicles)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Saves or preserves the flight vehicle in the event of a malfunction<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Not a FTS \u2013 must be independent of the FTS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Can be considered as risk mitigation and factor into the safety risk assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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