C1-Public SSC Esrange Safety Manual Document ID Project SCIENCE-60-4208 RANGE SAFETY Version: Document Type: Issue Date: Valid From: 9.0 Policy 2020-06-12 2020-06-12 Prepared by: Peter Lindström 2020-06-11 Range Safety Officer Date Reviewed by: Marko Kohberg 2020-06-11 Head of Rockets and Balloons Date Reviewed by: Mats Tyni 2020-06-11 Head of Orbital Launch & Rocket Test Date Lennart Poromaa 2020-06-11 Approved by: President Science Services Date Head of Esrange Space Center Distribution: www.sscspace.com All rights reserved. Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof, or the use of the information contained herein for other purposes than here intended, is not permitted except with the prior and written permission of SSC. Swedish Space Corporation P.O. 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C1-Public Page 3 SCIENCE-60-4208 ver 9.0 Esrange Safety Manual Table of Contents 1 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................. 7 2 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Foreword ........................................................................................................... 11 2.2 SSC Safety Policy ............................................................................................. 11 2.3 Applicable Legislation ...................................................................................... 11 2.4 Purpose and Scope ............................................................................................ 12 2.5 Acknowledgement ............................................................................................ 12 3 RANGE SAFETY ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES ......................... 13 3.1 General .............................................................................................................. 13 3.2 Esrange Safety Board ........................................................................................ 14 3.3 Operational Safety Organization ....................................................................... 15 3.3.1 General Organization .......................................................................... 15 3.3.2 Sounding Rocket Missions ................................................................. 15 3.3.3 Sounding Rocket Missions with Flight Termination Systems ........... 15 3.3.4 Balloon Missions ................................................................................ 15 3.3.5 Local Incident Management Team ..................................................... 16 3.3.6 Fire Fighting and Rescue Work .......................................................... 16 4 ESRANGE SPACE CENTER PRE-ARRIVAL REQUIREMENTS ON RANGE USERS ........................................................................................................................ 16 4.1 General .............................................................................................................. 16 4.2 Reviews ............................................................................................................. 16 4.3 Documentation .................................................................................................. 16 4.4 Waivers ............................................................................................................. 16 5 GROUND SAFETY ................................................................................................... 17 5.1 Policies .............................................................................................................. 17 5.2 Hazard Control .................................................................................................. 17 5.2.1 Hazard Control Methods ..................................................................... 17 5.2.2 Exposure Limits .................................................................................. 17 5.2.3 Personnel Limits ................................................................................. 17 5.2.4 Multiple Operations ............................................................................ 18 5.3 Specific Policies and Criteria ............................................................................ 19 5.3.1 Hazard Categorization ........................................................................ 19 5.3.2 Danger Areas ...................................................................................... 20 5.3.3 Operations/Design Considerations ..................................................... 20 5.3.4 Hazardous Circuit Design Requirements ............................................ 21 5.3.5 Ground Support Equipment (GSE) ..................................................... 23 All rights reserved. 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C1-Public Page 4 SCIENCE-60-4208 ver 9.0 Esrange Safety Manual 5.3.6 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Hazards .............................................. 24 5.3.7 Electrical Storm Criteria ..................................................................... 25 5.3.8 Radiation Systems .............................................................................. 25 5.3.9 Chemical Systems ............................................................................... 27 5.3.10 Pressure Vessels and Pressurized Systems ......................................... 30 5.3.11 Cryogenic Systems ............................................................................. 31 5.3.12 Liquid Propulsion Systems ................................................................. 32 5.3.13 Personal Protective Equipment ........................................................... 34 5.4 Operational Safety and Security, Controls and Procedures .............................. 35 5.4.1 Security ............................................................................................... 35 5.4.2 RF Radiation Controls ........................................................................ 35 5.4.3 Hazardous Operations Controls .......................................................... 35 5.4.4 Operational Procedures ....................................................................... 36 6 FLIGHT SAFETY ...................................................................................................... 38 6.1 Policies .............................................................................................................. 38 6.2 Risk Criteria ...................................................................................................... 38 6.2.1 Public Risk .......................................................................................... 38 6.2.2 Mission Essential and Critical Operations Personnel Risk ................. 38 6.2.3 Impact Risk ......................................................................................... 38 6.3 Requirements for Rockets, UAV’s and other similar Vehicles ........................ 39 6.3.1 Flight proven Rockets not previously launched from ESC ................ 39 6.3.2 New Rockets ....................................................................................... 39 6.3.3 New UAV and other similar vehicles ................................................. 40 6.3.4 Inherently Safe Requirements ............................................................. 40 6.3.5 Vehicle Stability Requirements .......................................................... 40 6.4 Flight Termination System (FTS) ..................................................................... 40 6.4.1 Standard Requirements ....................................................................... 40 6.4.2 Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) Requirements ................. 41 6.5 Operational Procedures for Rockets, UAV’s and Other Similar Vehicles ....... 41 6.5.1 Countdown Procedures ....................................................................... 41 6.5.2 Esrange Impact Zone Clearance During Rocket Launch.................... 41 6.5.3 Nominal Impact .................................................................................