Debris risk analysis.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (1) Prior to the day of the operation, accounting for all foreseeable conditions within the flight commit criteria; or (2) During the countdown using the best available input data, including flight commit criteria and flight abort rules. (b) (1) All relevant debris fragment characteristics and the characteristics of a representative person exposed to any potential debris hazard; (2) Statistically-valid debris impact probability distributions; (3) Any impact or effects of hazardous debris; and (4) The vulnerability of people to debris impact or effects, including: (i) Effects of buildings, ground vehicles, waterborne vessel, and aircraft upon the vulnerability of any occupants; (ii) Effect of atmospheric conditions on debris impact and effects; (iii) Impact speed and angle, accounting for motion of impacted vehicles; (iv) Uncertainty in input data, such as fragment impact parameters; and (v) Uncertainty in modeling methodology. (c) (1) A description of the methods used to demonstrate compliance with the safety criteria in § 450.101, in accordance with § 450.115(c), including a description of how the operator will account for the conditions immediately prior to enabling the flight of a launch vehicle or the reentry of a reentry vehicle, such as the final trajectory, atmospheric conditions, and the exposure of people; (2) A description of the atmospheric data used as input to the debris risk analysis; (3) The effective unsheltered casualty area for all fragment classes, assu

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 450.135