Space Safety Regulations and Standards

Chapter 9 Regulatory procedures and standards for launch range safety for manned and unmanned launches

Jeff Hoffman ^∗, Joseph N. Pelton ^†

^∗Massachusetts Institute of Technology

^†Former Dean, International Space University

Chapter Outline

• Introduction…………………………………109

• The Current Development of Regulation of Ground Operation for Commercial Space Transportation…………………………………111

• The National and Regional Airspace Systems…………………………………111

• Development of Traffic Management Tools for Integrated Operations…………………………………112

  • Space transition corridors…………………………………112

  • Flexible spaceways…………………………………112

• The Current Regulatory Framework for CST in the USA in Contrast to Europe…………………………………113

• Launch Range Safety Regulation………………………………… ...