NASA-LLIS-1491
Lessons Learned – Thorough Risk Assessment in the Design Phase
| Organization: | NASA |
| Publication Date: | 26 April 2004 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 3 |
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Abstract:
In November of 2003, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) performed an Independent Technical Assessment of the Code Y CALIPSO satellite Proteus propulsion bus (ref. NESC Final Report NESC-RP-001, NASA Technical Memorandum number applied for). This is a joint mission with NASA GSFC, LaRC and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force base in April 2005 on a Delta II rocket. Several personnel safety hazards related to the hydrazine-fueled Proteus propulsion bus could have been minimized or avoided in the design phase.
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