Advanced Range Technology Working Group July 2002 Contact information: Kevin Brown Vice President, Business Development Command and Control Technologies Corp. (321) PI-ARTWG

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 2 Artists’ concept of a “space traffic control tower” and airport-like spaceport The Vision

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 3 NextRange™ Overview A comprehensive campaign to solving key technical, business, and regulatory challenges associated with creating new commercial launch ranges Built around an entrepreneurial approach to business planning Parallels NASA’s Advanced Space Transportation Plan initiative An investment in 2nd generation range technology –2010 Timeframe –10x cheaper –100x safer A key step toward 2nd generation spaceports Pathway to 3rd generation goals and an “aerospace traffic control system” Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 3

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 4 NASA Advanced Space Transportation Plan

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 5 Generations of Range and Space Traffic Control Today: Ascent 1st Generation Range Ascent Phase Focus Individual flight planning EWR : Space Traffic Control 3rd Generation Range Air/Space Traffic Control Tower crews ensure compliance FAA licensing and oversight 2010: Space-based 2nd Generation Range Space-based Range Assets Manages all flight phases Launch, mission, landing Reduced infastructure Joint military/civil licensing 2040: Orbital Traffic Control 4th Generation Range Orbital nodes International regulation Routine Passenger Travel

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 6 ARTI RSA II Notional Next Range Technology Roadmap //10//25CY SafetyFlexibilityLower CostsHigh Capacity C3 TLM/Xmit Radar Optics Weather Surveillance Planning & Scheduling GPS Tracking COTS Range C2 TDRS Range Communication Spaceport Network RLV Support Adv. Flight Tracking Aerospace Traffic Control Autonomous Operations Integration KLC SCSRADAC (WFF)SLC 20 (SFA) NextGen Internet Info. Technology Real-time Range Clearance Spaceport Testbed IVHM/Advanced Avionics Airspace Control Smart Range OperationalDevelopmentGen2Gen3

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Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 9 Conceptual 2nd Gen. Architecture

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 10 Problem Current range technology is inadequate to create spaceports that, operating more like airports, could enable revolutionary long-term missions such as space solar power and public space access. Little advanced automation technology is used in range operations. Rather, today’s ranges rely on a vast network of highly manual systems. Efforts to replace currently-used 1960’s technology with 1980’s-era systems are insufficient to support high flight rates and dramatic cost reductions. Applying intelligent systems technology to range operations could produce revolutionary advances in operational capacity and affordability. Proposal - The “Smart Range” - a key part of the Next Generation Range Develop a system of software and hardware components that are capable of making range configuration decisions and supporting range safety decision-making. This would apply intelligent systems technology to the most manpower-intensive elements of range operations, resulting in a demonstration of the feasibility of automated configuration and operations support. “Smart Range” Introduction

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Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 12 Space Traffic Control Spaceport Control Systems Range Safety and Airspace Management Launch Control Automation Launch Vehicle and Spaceport Analysis Tools 3rd Generation Launch Range and Vehicles

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 13 Global Space Traffic Control Network (U.S. Concept) Space and air traffic control display (prototype)

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 14 World’s Largest Lab A space transportation test facility reaching all the way to orbit - and back Spaceport Operations Testbed Customers: Researchers seeking opportunities to study newly-created technology in a “relevant” operational environment Objective : Achieve next generation goals through experimentation, validation and application of advanced range technologies Intelligent Operations Testbed BenchmarkingProcess/Human Factors ModelingCommand & Control SimulationRange Human-Centered Computing Collaboration techniques Intelligent agents Expertise capture, modeling and sharing Teamwork cognition models Innovative human/machine interfaces

Copyright (c) 2002 Command and Control Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 15 Related and Contributing Work See for links to most of these papers: 2 nd and 3 rd Generation Range, Vision Spaceport Project, Kennedy Space Center, FL, nd and 3 rd Generation Spaceport Air Traffic Control & Management System, Vision Spaceport Project, Kennedy Space Center, FL, August 1, A Toolset for Integrating Reusable Launch Vehicles into the National Airspace System, SBIR Phase 1 Final Report, Command and Control Technologies Corporation, Titusville, FL, July Advanced Range Technology Initiative, See Developing an Operational GPS Based Range Tracking System, in proceedings of American Astronautical Society International Workshop on Aerospace Applications of the Global Positioning System, January 31, Future Management and Use of U.S. Space Launch Bases and Ranges, Washington DC, May 11,1999. See Linking Information Systems Between Independent Spaceports, in proceedings of TechEast ’99, NASA, Miami Beach, FL, November 3, NASA/Space Network Support for Range Safety: Concept and Feasibility Study, NASA-GSFC Networks and Mission Services Project 450-RSOPSCON-SN, Greenbelt, MD, July National Spaceport Testbed, in proceedings of 37 th Space Congress, Canaveral Council of Technical Societies, Cocoa Beach, FL, Range IPT Study, U.S. Air Force, Washington DC, December See Streamlining Space Launch Range Safety, Project ASEB-J A. National Research Council Library, Washington DC, See