Ares I-X was the designation given to the flight test version of the Ares I rocket which was developed by NASA (also known as the Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV) component of the Constellation Program). The Ares I-X flight test vehicle achieved a successful flight test on October 28, 2009, from Pad LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (KSC). As part of the flight plan approval for the test vehicle, a range safety malfunction turn analysis was performed to support the risk assessment and vehicle destruct criteria development processes. Several vehicle failure scenarios were identified which could have caused the vehicle trajectory to deviate from its normal flight path. The effects of these failures were evaluated with an Ares I-X 6 degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) digital simulation, using the Program to Optimize Simulated Trajectories Version II (POST2) simulation tool. The Ares I-X simulation analysis provided output files containing vehicle trajectory state information. These were used by other risk assessment and vehicle debris trajectory simulation tools to determine the risk to personnel and facilities in the vicinity of the launch area at KSC, and to develop the vehicle destruct criteria used by the flight test range safety officer in the event of a flight test anomaly of the vehicle. The simulation analysis approach used for this study is described, including descriptions of the failure modes which were considered and the underlying assumptions and ground rules of the study.


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    Title :

    Ares I-X Malfunction Turn Range Safety Analysis


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    32nd Airbreathing Propulsion Joint Subcommittee Meeting ; 2011 ; Arlington, VA, United States
    58th JANNAF Propulsion Joint Subcommittee Meeting ; 2011 ; Arlington, VA, United States
    44th Combustion Joint Subcommittee Meeting ; 2011 ; Arlington, VA, United States
    32nd Exhaust Plume and Signatures Joint Subcommittee Meeting ; 2011 ; Arlington, VA, United States


    Publication date :

    2011-04-18


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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