NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility
Welcome to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility

Agenda Logistics WFF Overview Mike Patterson
Safety Program Overview Florence Smith Chief, Safety Office Range Safety Operations/ Mike Patterson Range Safety Officer Range Safety Officer Range Safety Analysis Randy Strom Range Safety Branch Head Institutional Safety Glen Liebig Safety & Mission Assurance Branch Head Tour of Control Center Mike Patterson Lunch Bus Tour

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Emergency exits Rest Rooms Cafeteria Tour location

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Wallops Flight Facility
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility Facility & Programmatic Overview Mike Patterson Range Safety Officer

Wallops 6000 Acre Campus Main Base Wallops Island

Wallops Main Base 4 4

Wallops Island 5 5

Wallops History Established by National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics in 1945 as test site for aerodynamic research Over 16,000 launches conducted during 65 year history Wallops mission has evolved to include: Flight program management Technology development Scientific research 3 6 6

Navy/Surface Combat Systems Center Naval Air Warfare Center
Wallops Tenants Navy/Surface Combat Systems Center NOAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Naval Air Warfare Center (Patuxent River) U. S. Coast Guard BaySys Technologies

Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS)
Wallops Partnership Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) In 1997, NASA entered into partnership with Virginia (later joined by Maryland) to establish a commercial spaceport at Wallops This innovative partnership enabled: MARS augmentation of Wallops Launch Range Joint NASA-MARS pursuit of new business Current agreements enable: NASA support of MARS commercial launches MARS support of NASA’s government launches MARS owns 2 launch complexes at WFF Support small-to-medium class ELVs 1

Wallops Workforce & Budget
Percentage of employees residing in area counties 14 3 6 6

Wallops Mission & Activities
Vision Wallops Facility will be a national resource for enabling low-cost aerospace-based science and technology Mission Enable scientific discovery Enable technology development Enable education, commercial space development, & innovative partnerships Technical Activities Research Carriers Sounding Rockets Balloons Aircraft & UAVs Small Orbital Carriers Mission Operations Launch Range Research Airport Orbital Tracking Engineering Development & Technology Validation Earth Science Research

100/Office of the Director
Wallops Organization located at Greenbelt GSFC * Report Directly to Offices at Greenbelt Wallops Flight Facility located at Wallops Bill Wrobel WFF Director 113/Human Resources* 120/Equal Opportunity* 130/Public Affairs* 100/Office of the Director 200/Management Operations 453/Ground Networks* 400/Flight Programs & Projects 500/Applied Engin. 600/Sciences and Exploration John Gerlach* (Lead) 800/Suborbital & & Technology Special Orbital Proj. Bill Wrobel, Director of Caroline Massey* Steve Nelson* Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Craig Purdy/Deputy 614/Hydrospheric Processes* 210/Procurement 502/Technology Mgmnt 801/Resources Mgmnt 228/Facilities Management 548/Mechanical Systems 802/Advanced Projects 240/Security 569/Electrical Engineering 803/Safety 250/Environmental 589/Systems Software 810/Sounding Rocket Prog. 270/Logistics 598/GN&C & Sys. Eng. 820/Balloon Program 830/Aircraft 700/IT & Comm. Scott Webb* Head 840/Range & Mission Mgmnt 763/WFF IT & Comm

Suborbital & Special Orbital Projects Directorate
SOUNDING ROCKETS PROGRAM OFFICE Chief – Phil Eberspeaker 810 RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICE Chief – Hope Garrison 801 SUBORBITAL & SPECIAL ORBITAL PROJECTS DIRECTORATE Director – Bill Wrobel Deputy Director - Craig Purdy Associate Director for Business – Judy Vucovich 800 ADVANCED PROJECTS OFFICE Chief - Bruce Underwood 802 SAFETY OFFICE Chief – Florence Smith 803 BALLOON PROGRAM OFFICE Chief – Dave Pierce 820 AIRCRAFT OFFICE Chief – George Postell 830 RANGE & MISSION MGMT. OFFICE Chief - Jay Pittman 840

Wallops Competencies People World-Class Facilities Partnerships
Leading expertise in low-cost research carriers Leading expertise in low-cost, quick response scientific projects Leading expertise in low-cost, safe, fixed & mobile range support World-Class Facilities Launch range Research airport Mobile Launch Range End-to-end (fabricate, test, refurbish) mission support for low cost, rapid response missions Partnerships Tenants Federal and State agencies Educational institutions Contractors & industry partners

Wallops Programmatic Characteristics
Highly responsive flight programs (days, weeks, or months) Flexible carriers & operations capabilities High volume of missions (>100 active missions continuously) Lower-cost, higher risk missions (managed risk) High degree of in-house capabilities Worldwide mission implementation High inter-reliance among programs Programs support & compliment each other Shared personnel & facilities

Wallops Research Carriers
New SRs Science Duration 10-3 10-2 1 10 10-1 Hours Days Weeks Months 100 1000 Surface Measurements Piloted Aircraft UAVs Sounding Rockets Science Altitude (nm) Airships & Aerostats Balloons Small Orbital Payloads -10-2 -10-3 Sub-Surface Measurements & AUVs Potential or Planned Carriers

Wallops Research Carrier Suite
Strategy: A carrier for any science & technology validation need Science Aircraft Sounding Rockets Unmanned Aerial Systems Scientific Balloons Small Spacecraft Systems Autonomous Surface Vessels

Sounding Rocket Program
Typical mission types: Space Science research (core) Technology demonstrations Ex: hypersonic propulsion, planetary re-entry Education DoD targets (reimbursable) 20-30 missions/year Features: Apogee altitudes >1500 km Flight times >20 minutes Spacecraft weights >1300 lbs. Allows quick response missions (<1 yr.) 14 launch vehicle configurations Uses low-cost surplus military rockets Recovery/re-use of flight hardware End-to-end in-house capabilities World-wide fixed and mobile launch sites

Sounding Rocket Vehicles

Sounding Rocket Launch Locations

Balloon Program Primary mission: 15-20 missions/year Features
Space Science research (core) Technology validation Ex: Reentry Drop Testing Education 15-20 missions/year Features Balloon volumes up to 60M cubic ft. Suspended loads up to 8000 lbs. Float altitudes of up to 160K feet Balloon Classes Conventional: 2-36 hour duration Long Duration: 40+ days Super Pressure: Up to 100 days Launch sites: TX, NM, Antarctica, Sweden, & Australia Balloon Inflation Balloon at Float Balloon Payload 15 12

Balloon Characteristics

Airborne Science Program
Piloted aircraft & UAV “flying laboratories” supporting Earth Science research P-3 heavy-lift aircraft Contract Aircraft UAVs Research examples: Atmospheric Chemistry Climate Change Ice cap & beach mapping Ocean current & biology studies Coastal Zone Research Natural Disasters Hurricane studies & volcano eruptions Aircraft activities Mission planning Aircraft operations & maintenance Aircraft modifications & certification NASA P-3 Twin Otter

Uninhabited Aerial Systems
WFF UAV Activities Science missions Operations Science-enabling technology development NASA investigating UAV contribution to science. UAVs offer: More hazardous flight regimes Longer duration missions Potentially lower costs Wallops Focus Enabling use of small platforms for science Developing/demonstrating new science-enabling technologies Developing platform-independent instrument interfaces WFF UAV Assets UAV Runway Restricted Airspace Viking 300 Aerosonde Hurricane Ophelia 16 13

Wallops Mission Operations
Research Airport Launch Range Mobile Range WFF Geophysical Observatory Orbital Tracking

Water Ingestion Testing Aircraft Noise Testing
Research Airport Primary Missions: Aircraft & airport research Basing for WFF Earth Science & transient research aircraft Support to WFF Launch Range 3 main runways + 1 UAV runway 2 runways >8000 feet Restricted airspace Research Examples UAV flight test operations Aircraft & airport safety testing Aircraft noise measurement Landing system instrumentation demonstration Water Ingestion Testing Aircraft Noise Testing Wake Vortex Studies

Launch Range NASA’s only launch range Support:
Over 16,000 launches conducted since 1945 Support: NASA science & technology (primary) DoD & other gov’t agencies Commercial industry Full suite of support services Launchers Processing facilities & logistics Range safety Tracking & data services Specialized focus: Suborbital & small orbital launch vehicles Experimental vehicles & payloads Responsive & low-cost missions

Runway-Based Launches (under redevelopment)
Numerous & Diverse Launch Capabilities Runway-Based Launches MARS Pad 0B Pad 1 50K Launcher MARS Pad 0A (under redevelopment) Navy Target Launchers 20K ARC Rail Launcher 7.5 MRL Launcher 12

Major Wallops Range Support Facilities
WFF Range Control Center H-100 Payload Processing Facility Horizontal Integration Facility Blockhouse 3 W-65 Hazardous Processing Facility 12

Wallops Range Instrumentation
WFF Telemetry & Orbital Tracking Station Tracking Radars Uplink Transmitters Data Networks & Timing Control Center Computer Systems Voice Communications Surveillance Radars Met Ops & Weather Forecasting Tracking Cameras 12

Mobile Instrumentation
Wallops Mobile Range Puerto Rico Campaign Provides independent mission support at remote sites worldwide Instrumentation Suborbital launchers Range & Safety operations teams Typical missions Sounding rocket science campaigns WFF ELV downrange support Mobile ELV and X-vehicle missions Recent Campaigns Kodiak Alaska, Australia, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Greenland, Kwajalein, Canary Islands Kodiak Star Launch Greenland Launcher Mobile Instrumentation 21 19

Wallops Research Range Usage
(rolling 5-year average) Many different missions, many different customers Average Annual Usage Events ELV Support Field Campaigns Suborbital-class Rockets Small Rockets Shuttle Launch Support Orbital Tracks (ISS/STS) UAVs / Drop Models Aircraft Tests Ground System Tests DoD Targets DoD Gun Tests Other Tests Activated restricted airspace 197 days in last year! GREEN = Range expects increase over next 3 years RED = Range expects decrease over next 3 years

Operational Areas Wallops operational areas offer nearly unlimited capabilities to conduct hazardous missions Restricted airspace Direct access to the Atlantic Ocean off-shore Warning Areas Access to desirable mid-inclination orbits of degrees Potential support of sun-synchronous trajectories

Wallops Orbital Launch History
Past 3 Minotaur I missions (Wallops) 9 Pegasus (8 from Wallops) 1 mobile from Canary Islands 20 Scout missions (Wallops) Several additional from Kenya 1 Conestoga (Wallops) 1 Athena Mobile from Kodiak, AK 1 Minotaur IV (Kodiak, AK) Upcoming ORS-1 Sat (DoD) – 2011 DoD mission from Kodiak, AK – 2011 Taurus II (NASA) – 9 flights LADEE (NASA) – 5/2013

Recent Major Missions Max Launch Abort System (MLAS)
Objective: Develop & conduct full-scale demonstration of alternate method to conduct an abort of NASA’s Orion Crew Module Led by NESC & sponsored by Office of Chief Engineer. Wallops roles include: Subsystem engineering Fabrication I&T Launch & Recovery Launched 7/09

Minotaur at Wallops

Upcoming Missions Taurus II & ISS Resupply
Orbital Sciences selected by NASA to carry out 9 ISS resupply missions through 2015, using Taurus II Launched from Wallops, supported by NASA & Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) ~$90M of federal/state investments in new infrastructure to increase WFF capabilities to support medium-class ELVs 41

Upcoming Missions Lunar Atmosphere Dust Experiment Explorer (LADEE)
ARC/GSFC implemented Lunar orbiter carrying 3 SMD instruments & 1 SOMD technology demonstrator Launch Date: May 2013 WFF providing end-to-end launch service support USAF-provided Minotaur V Launch site I&T Launch range services from WFF’s Pad 0B Highlights 1st flight of Minotaur V 1st NASA flight on USAF Minotaur vehicle 1st planetary mission from WFF 42

Wallops Flight Facility Safety Office Overview
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility Safety Office Overview February 15, 2011 Florence Smith Chief, Safety Office

Safety & Mission Assurance Branch Range Safety Officer (RSO)
Safety Office (Code 803) Range Safety Branch Flight Safety Group Ground Safety Group Safety & Mission Assurance Branch Flight Safety Officers Flight Hazards Analysis Vehicle Trajectory & Dispersion Failure Modes Analysis Flight Risk Analysis & Mgmt Computer Programming/Graphics Wind Weighting Ground Safety Officers Flight Termination Systems Ordnance/Explosives Safety Project Radiation Safety Operations Project LASER Safety Operations Project Electrostatic Discharge Operations Project Hazardous Materials Operations Project Accident Investigations Project Pressure Vessel Safety Operations Electronic/Electrical Circuits Hazard Analysis of Onboard Systems Occupational Safety & Health Confined Space Evaluation Radiation Safety Laser Safety Electrostatic Discharge Safety Hazardous Materials Occupational Accident Investigations Emergency Preparedness Explosives Safety Officer Fire Protection Authority Having Jurisdiction -Radiation Protection Officer Explosives Safety Working Group Facilities Safety Range Safety Officer (RSO) Assistant RSO (ARSO) Flight Operations Chief RSO Independent Safety Reviews Range Safety Systems Certification Business Support Specialist Secretary

Safety Office Roles and Responsibilities
Flight Safety Flight Safety Risk Analysis and Launch Operations Ground Safety Ground Hazard Analysis & Hazardous Processing for Programs/Projects Occupational Safety & Health Storage and material handling Issues; general facility safety Rocket Example Time

Mission Types and Support Locations
UAV’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Sounding Rockets (WFF, White Sands NM, Norway, Alaska) Aircraft - Flight Experiments (Antarctica, Greenland, Florida, DC) Expendable Launch Vehicles (STP-S26/KLC , TACSAT IV/KLC, ORS-1, TAURUS II, LADEE) Balloons (Ft. Sumner NM, Australia, Antarctica, Sweden)

Wallops Flight Facility Range Safety Operations/ Range Safety Officer
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility Range Safety Operations/ Range Safety Officer February 15, 2011 Mike Patterson, Range Safety Officer

Safety Office (Code 803) Range Safety Branch Flight Safety Group Ground Safety Group Safety & Mission Assurance Branch Flight Safety Officers Flight Hazards Analysis Vehicle Trajectory & Dispersion Failure Modes Analysis Flight Risk Analysis & Mgmt Computer Programming/Graphics Wind Weighting Ground Safety Officers Flight Termination Systems Ordnance/Explosives Safety Project Radiation Safety Operations Project LASER Safety Operations Project Electrostatic Discharge Operations Project Hazardous Materials Operations Project Accident Investigations Project Pressure Vessel Safety Operations Electronic/Electrical Circuits Hazard Analysis of Onboard Systems Occupational Safety & Health Confined Space Evaluation Radiation Safety Laser Safety Electrostatic Discharge Safety Hazardous Materials Occupational Accident Investigations Emergency Preparedness Explosives Safety Officer Fire Protection Authority Having Jurisdiction -Radiation Protection Officer Explosives Safety Working Group Facilities Safety Range Safety Officer (RSO) Assistant RSO (ARSO) Business Support Specialist Secretary Flight Operations Chief RSO Independent Safety Reviews Range Safety Systems Certification

Range Safety Officer Mission Timeline Mission Initiation
Mission Preparation Launch Post Launch Policy and Requirements Definition Instrumentation Support Definition Flight Termination System Certification Team assignments and Training Review of all Safety and Project Documents Safety Critical Systems On-Console Safety Role Flight Termination System Testing Go/No Go Authority for Safety Launch Hold Authority Authority Lessons Learned Mishap Reviews Audits Training Mission Timeline

New Initiatives Tri-Mode Command Uplink Flight Termination System – NASA HQ is funding an upgrade to our existing IRIG tone Command System to allow for flexibility for secure and non-secure commanding. Autonomous Flight Safety System – NASA WFF has developed and flown (on a SpaceX Falcon 1 in shadow mode) an autonomous system which performs the function of the Range Safety Officer in flight. This concept would reduce the need for range instrumentation (Radars, Command, etc.). Range Data Acquisition and Computation (RADAC) System and Mission Graphics replacement Supporting Alaska Aerospace Corp. Missions from Kodiak Island AK

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility
Range Safety February 15, 2011 Randy Strom, Range Safety Branch Head

Safety Office (Code 803) Range Safety Branch Flight Safety Group Ground Safety Group Safety & Mission Assurance Branch Flight Safety Officers Flight Hazards Analysis Vehicle Trajectory & Dispersion Failure Modes Analysis Flight Risk Analysis & Mgmt Computer Programming/Graphics Wind Weighting Ground Safety Officers Flight Termination Systems Ordnance/Explosives Safety Project Radiation Safety Operations Project LASER Safety Operations Project Electrostatic Discharge Operations Project Hazardous Materials Operations Project Accident Investigations Project Pressure Vessel Safety Operations Electronic/Electrical Circuits Hazard Analysis of Onboard Systems Occupational Safety & Health Confined Space Evaluation Radiation Safety Laser Safety Electrostatic Discharge Safety Hazardous Materials Occupational Accident Investigations Emergency Preparedness Explosives Safety Officer Fire Protection Authority Having Jurisdiction -Radiation Protection Officer Explosives Safety Working Group Facilities Safety Range Safety Officer (RSO) Assistant RSO (ARSO) Flight Operations Chief RSO Independent Safety Reviews Range Safety Systems Certification Business Support Specialist Secretary

Range Safety Branch – Mission
Plan for the safe operations of Range projects by ensuring that NASA’s Range Safety requirements are met Identify, define, approve safe operations, while mitigating risks where practicable Provide oversight and insight into the implementation of Range Safety Requirements, Procedures, and Work Instructions Provide Risk Assessments and Recommendations to Range Decision Makers and Risk Acceptance Authorities

Range Safety Goals Manage the Range Safety Program so that project operations result in a minimum of close calls and no injuries Protect high value assets during mission operations Provide assessments and plans that accommodate primary project objectives safely Meet coordinated project schedules

Typical Project Timeline
For Expendable Launch Vehicles and Other Large Projects 6 12 15 9 months 3 Launch Flight Safety Data Package (FSDP) Operations Planning Concept Identification Project Phases Payload & Launch Vehicle Definition Testing Procuring Assembly Manufacturing Staging Project Deliverables Program Intro. PDR Haz. Grnd. Ops. Procedures Missile System Prelaunch Safety Package (MSPSP) Flight Termination System Report (FTSR) Final Trajectory File Range Safety Activities & Documentation Prelaunch Vehicle & P/L Checkout 55 Flight Safety Plan Ground Safety Plan FS Risk Analysis Report Ground Safety Risk Analysis Report ATP Provide Project With Data Rqmts Haz Ops Approval Letters Haz Ops Oversight Witnessing FTS Testing Tailor Range Safety Rqmts OSD CDR Range Safety Involvement Begins Early And Continues Throughout The Project’s Life Cycle

Wallops Flight Facility Safety and Mission Assurance
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility Safety and Mission Assurance February 15, 2011 Glen Liebig, Safety and Mission Assurance Branch Head

Range Safety Officer (RSO) Safety & Mission Assurance Branch
Safety Office (Code 803) Range Safety Officer (RSO) Assistant RSO (ARSO) Business Support Specialist Secretary Flight Operations Chief RSO Independent Safety Reviews Range Safety Systems Certification Safety & Mission Assurance Branch Range Safety Branch Occupational Safety & Health Confined Space Evaluation Radiation Safety Laser Safety Electrostatic Discharge Safety Hazardous Materials Occupational Accident Investigations Emergency Preparedness Explosives Safety Officer Fire Protection Authority Having Jurisdiction - Radiation Protection Officer Explosives Safety Working Group Facilities Safety Flight Safety Group Ground Safety Group Flight Safety Officers Flight Hazards Analysis Vehicle Trajectory & Dispersion Failure Modes Analysis Flight Risk Analysis & Mgmt Computer Programming/Graphics Wind Weighting Ground Safety Officers Flight Termination Systems Ordnance/Explosives Safety Project Radiation Safety Operations Project LASER Safety Operations Project Electrostatic Discharge Operations Project Hazardous Materials Operations Project Accident Investigations Project Pressure Vessel Safety Operations Electronic/Electrical Circuits Hazard Analysis of Onboard Systems

Key Activities Industrial Safety Mishap Investigation
Facility Inspection Program, Lockout/Tagout, Construction Safety, Fall Protection Mishap Investigation Per NPR 8621 Safety Metrics Industrial Hygiene Chemical Management, PPE, Radiation Safety, Confined Space, Air Quality, Asbestos, Toxic Monitoring, Ergonomics Fire Department and Emergency Management Manage 2 stations and 1 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Safety Training and Councils Executive Safety and Health Council Employee Safety Committee Contractor Safety Council

Safety and Mission Assurance
Requirements flow from NASA to GSFC to WFF WFF utilizes GSFC requirements, policies and procedures and only augments them when they do not address WFF needs or GSFC does not provide guidance For example, the Hazard Communication requirements flow from OSHA to the NPR to the GPR and WFF implements. WFF does not issue lower level guidance unless required.

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