The FAA has been given the authority by Congress to license commercial launch or reentry activity to ensure protection of public property, the national security interests of the United States and to promote U.S. Commercial Space Transportation. To meet this responsibility the FAA performs a safety evaluation of an application to launch a vehicle from any launch site in the world by a United States citizen or corporation. In this example, the FAA performed a safety analysis using risk analysis tools developed by ACTA Inc. and the FAA, to determine the risk to the uninvolved public as a result of a launch of a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket from a launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll, which is governed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This paper addresses the considerations given to determine the risk to the uninvolved public, in particular trajectory considerations, debris considerations, population considerations, and methodology considerations. The FAA assessed the risk to the uninvolved public in the Marshall Islands and South America from the flight of the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket. This paper shows that calculated risk is sensitive to population exposure models and propellant venting capabilities.


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    Title :

    Risk Considerations for the Launch of the Space X Falcon 1 Rocket


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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