Status of Range Safety Filter Systems.
Abstract
The goal of range safety is the prevention of injury to personnel or damage to property by taking all reasonable precautions consistent with operational requirements. This is dependent not only on precautions taken in the preparation of a missile or vehicle launch, but in the ability of the Range Safety Officer to maintain surveillance during flight to ensure compliance with established safety criteria. To maintain this necessary surveillance, the RSO must have at his disposal information depicting performance of the missile and possible impact locations for comparison against predetermined destruct criteria as well as assurance that his entire safety system is in operational condition at all times. Presenting this information in a manner that allows clear and quick understanding of significant data will vary due to missile dynamics and test range geometry. Therefore, there is no one-best filter for all applications. A survey of seven of the test ranges represented in the RSG of the RCC was made to determine the type of filter systems currently in use at the various ranges. This information is presented in this document as an aid to all ranges in determining which systems may have merit for their application and to provide some insight into future applications of filter systems. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA047024