Vision 1700 Project: Proposal to Restructure the Hierarchy and Organization of the Safety Requirements Documents for Payloads Using the ISS
Abstract
The Vision 1700 Project provides a clearly defined plan for consolidating and organizing technical safety requirements associated with experiment (payload) hardware during the launch and on-orbit mission phases in support of the International Space Station (ISS). These requirements are currently located in an addendum to a Space Shuttle requirements document (NSTS 1700.7B). Consequently, ISS payload developers must refer to Space Shuttle payload safety requirements, regardless of whether they plan to use the Shuttle or a different launch vehicle for transportation to the ISS. The Vision 1700 Project presents a proposal that will provide a "roadmap" document of on-orbit safety requirements for payload developers, with references that point them in the direction of payload safety requirements specific to their launch vehicle.The Vision 1700 Project is a proposal to merge the Space Shuttle payload safety requirements document and its ISS Addendum into a single stand-alone core document. No existing requirements will be changed, but ground and launch vehicle specific safety requirements will be removed (to limit the scope of the document to the on-orbit phase) and replaced with a paragraph that will point to the specific launch vehicle safety requirements documents. Each launch service provider would create and maintain a launch vehicle safety requirements document applicable to payloads being transported in that vehicle.The core document, together with the launch vehicle safety documents, will relieve payload developers from the need to sort through a myriad of documents to determine which requirements are applicable to their situation. The organization of safety requirements proposed in the Vision 1700 Project will be more accommodating to both payload developers and launch service providers, especially with the addition of new launch vehicles with their own specific and unique safety requirements.
- Publication:
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ESA Special Publication
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005ESASP.599..241V