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GEMiNI LAUNCH VEHICLE

PILOT SAFETY PROGRAM - AMR
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P r e p a r e d by

NASA Manned L a u n c h V e h i c l e P r o g r a m Office,(

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AEROSPACE CORPORATION)
El Segundo, C a l i f o r n i a ~ 9

Contract No. A F 04(695)-169 /

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COM ?DER SPACE SYSTE S DIVISION 4 1

LTP;T!TED STATES IZXR FCECE:
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GEMINI LAUNCH VEHICLE

PILOT S A F E T Y PROGRAM - AMR

App r o v e d b y QLIA-LC
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Systems Engineering Director
NASA M a n n e d L a u n c h V e h i c l e P r o g r a m Office

Colonvel, U S A F /
D i r e c t o r G e m i n i Launch V e h i c l e P r o g r a m

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 CONTENTS

1.0 Introduction ................................... 1

2.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..a.??.'->,. Li.3 ...XI.#~

3.0 Organization and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.

4.0 Quality Assurance Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. 1 General ......................................
4. 2 Support To The Flight Readiness Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. 3 S p a r e s Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. 3 . 1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. 3 . 2 Spares Provisioning ............................. 5
4.3.3 Identification and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. 3.4 Replacement Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 . 3. 5 Spares Status Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.4 AGE a n d F a c i l i t y C o n t r o l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. 5 Airborne Equipment Control ........................ 6
4. 6 Reliability .................................... 7
4. 6. 1 F a i l u r e Data and H a r d w a r e Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. 6 . 2 Reliability Problem Concurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. 6 . 3 T i m e Sensitive Component Control .................... 7
5. 0 Flight Readiness Effort ............................ 8
5. 1 General ..................................... 8
5. 2 Working T e a m s ................................ 8
5. 3 Interface Committee (Spacecraft/GLV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.4 Active Review T e a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. 5 Status R e v i e w Team .............................. 9
6. 0 Flight Safety Review ............................. 11
6. 1 General ..................................... 11
6.2 F l i g h t S a f e t y R e v i e w B o a r d (FSRB)A c t i v i t y .............. 11

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7.0 Procedures ................................... 13
7. i General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. 2 Test Procedure s ................................ 13
7.3 Configuration Control .............................
8.0 Report Requirements ..............................
8. 1 Working Teams .............................. , .
8. 2 Interface Committee .............................
8. 3 Active Review T e a m ............................. 15
8. 4 Status Review T e a m ............................. 15
9. 0 Post-Launch Activities ............................ 16
9. 1 Normal ..................................... 16
9. 2 Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 1 - Component Replacement Requirements ................ 17
Figure 1 - Organizational Structure ......................... 18
Appendix A - T y p i c a l Working T e a m Organization A s s i g n m e n t s . . . . . . 19
Appendix B - T y p i c a l P i l o t Safety A c t i v i t i e s ( G L V N o . 1) ........... 20

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1.0 IN T R O D UC TI ON
-.i n e G e m i n i L a u n c h i i e h i c i e ( G i \ i j F r o g r a m w i i i i o i i o w , g e n e r a i i y , ihe
M e r c u r y / A t l a s P i l o t S a f e t y P h i l o s o p h y and P r o c e d u r e s u s e d a t t h e A t l a n t i c
Missile Range (AMR)and will incorporate applicable established oper&G
procedures and practices developed for and during the Titan XI Flight Td
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Pt o g ram.
T h e GLV P i l o t S a f e t y P r o g r a m , a s e s t a b l i s h e d by SSD E x h i b i t 6 2 - 1 9 5
( A e r o s p a c e R e p o r t TOR- 1 6 9 ( 3 1 2 6 ) - 10) d a t e d 11 J a n u a r y 1 9 6 3 , d i r e c t s i m p l e -
m e n t a t i o n of a P i l o t S a f e t y P r o g r a m a t t h e AMR. T h e p r i m e o b j e c t i v e of t h i s
p r o g r a m is to a s s u r e a s t r o n a u t s a f e t y by a c h i e v i n g the f l i g h t r e a d i n e s s of a
G L V incorporating the maximum inherent design reliability. A further ob-
j e c t i v e of t h e p r o g r a m i s to a s s u r e a d e q u a c y of t h e G L V Malfunction
D e t e c t i o n S y s t e m (MDS). I m p l e m e n t a t i o n of t h i s p r o g r a m w i l l a l s o p r o v i d e
a s s u r a n c e f o r a c c o m p l i s h i n g the m i s s i o n o b j e c t i v e s . ' T h i s d o c u m e n t de-
s c r i b e s a c o n t r a c t u a l "task" for all a s s o c i a t e c o n t r a c t o r s and a g e n c i e s s u p -
p o r t i n g t h e GLV p r o g r a m at A M R .

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2.0 SCOPE
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T h e G L V P i l o t Safety P r o g r a m a t A M R will be implerricnted b y : ( 1 ) ;1 Quality

Assurance effort, (2) ci E’light R e a d i n c s s e f f o r t , dnd ( 3 ) a F l i g h t S a f e t y
Review. This will p r o v i d e a c o n t i n u o u s m o n i t o r i n g e f f o r t c o m m e n c i n g at
time the initial l a u n c h v e h i c l e a r r i v e s a t AMR a n d c o n t i n u i n g through t o
final l a u n c h . The p r o c e d u r e s for t h e s e e f f o r t s w e r e developed a8 a rea
M e r c u r y e x p e r i e n c e a n d a n a l y s i s of G e m i n i r c q u i r e m e n t s .

T h e G L V P i l o t S a f e t y P r o g r a m will e n c o m p a s s a t h o r o u g h e v a l u a t i o n of t h e
l a u n c h v e h i c l e a n d i t s interaction \\.ith t h e l a u n c h c o m p l e x ( i n c l u d i n g AGE) a n d
the Gemini Spacecraft.

T h e P r o g r a m w i l l i n c l u d e i n s p e c t i o n a n d m o n i t o r i n g of t e s t s of t h e l a u n c h
c o m p l e d , a s s o c i a t e d s y s t e m s , and l a u n c h v e h i c l e h a r d w a r e a n d s y s t e m s t o
determine their readiness. The m a t i n g of t h e l a u n c h v e h i c l e a n d t h e s p a c e -
c r a f t will be monitored, and an inspection will be conducted at the interface
area. C h e c k o u t of s p a c e c r a f t s y s t e m s which m i g h t a f f e c t l a u n c h v e h i c l e
f u n c t i o n s w i l l a l s o be m o n i t o r e d .

T h i s d o c u m e n t d e f i n e s t h e c o ( ~ r ( l i r i a t i o n ,d o c u m e n t a t i o n , p r o c e d u r e s , i n s p e c -
t i o n s , a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a s p e c t s of t h e Q u a l i t y A s s u r a n c e e f f o r t ; t h e c o m p o s i -
t i o n , r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , a u t h o r i t y , a n d a c t i v i t y o f t h e v a r i o u s t e a m s i n v o l v e d in
t h e F l i g h t R e a d i n e s s c f f o r t ; ; ~ n dt h t . F l i g h t Saft1t-y R e v i r w P r o c c d u r e .

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ORGANIZATION D R-

3. 1 T h e G r m i n i L a u n c h V r h i c le Working G r o u p ( G L V W G ) i s t h e
resident technical t e a m c o m p o s e d u f s e n i o r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of S S D f A e r o s p a c e
. ,La. *la&%-

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and all Associate C o n t r a c t o r s : M a r t i n / M a r i e t t a Corporation, Aeroitt !?
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Corporation, Burroughs C o r p o r a t i o n and General Electric Company. In
addition, NASA, Pan A m e r i c a n A i r w a y s (PAA), Radio Corporation of A
( R C A ) , P a t r i c k T e s t S i t e Office ( P T S O ) , a n d t h e D e p a r t m e n t of D e f e n s e (DOD),
are represented. T h e m e e t i n g s , c o - c h a i r e d b y SSD ( t h e 6 5 5 5 t h A e r o s p a c e
T e s t Wing) a n d A e r o s p a c e C o r p o r a t i o n / A M R O , w i l l be h e l d p e r i o d i c a l l y .
Technical p r o b l e m s , launch systern status, and documentation will be the
m a i n t o p i c s of d i s c u s s i o n . T h e g r o u p also w i l l hold a p o s t - f l i g h t c r i t i q u e a n d
i s s u e a T - p l u s - 1 5 clay f l i g h t r e l J u r t .

3.2 Figure 1 shows the p i lot 5 d f e t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s t r u c t u r e w h i c h w i l l

b e u s e d f o r t h e h a n d l i n g of t h e G r r n i n i L a u n c h V e h i c le a t A M R . T h e l e v e l s of
t h i s s t r u c t u r e a r e W o r k i n g T ' e a ~ n s ,1 r : t t r f d c e C o n i n l i t t e e , A c t i v e R e v i e w
T e a m , S t a t u s R e v i e w T e a i n , diid l,a\in( 11 V e h i c le F l i g h t S a f e t y R e v i e w B o a r d .

Appendix A p r e s e n t s t y p i c a l Working T e a m O r g a n i z a t i o n A s s i g n m e n t s w h i l e \

A p p e n d i x B p r e s e n t s t y p i c a l Pilot S a f c t v A c t i v i t i e s ( G L V N o . 1 ) .

3.2. 1 Personnel assigninent 5 w i l l be m a d e f r o m t h e r n o s t q u a l i f i e d

personnel available. A c e r t i f i c a t i u r i p r o g r a r n sliall be iriip!emented tu i n s u r e
t h a t t h o s e a s s i g n e d have o p t i m u r n knowledge o f t h e i r functions a n d are quali-
f i e d to p e r f o r m t h e i r a s s i g n e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . To r e a l i z e t h e o p t i m u r n
benefit f r o m p r o g r a m activities it is riiandatory that c ontinuity be maintained
t h r o u g h s t a b i l i t y i n the a s s i g n m e n t of personnel.

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4. 1 GENERAL

T h e o b j e c t i v e of the Q u a l i t y A s s u r a n c e effort is to assure that the quality,

w o r k m a n s h i p , and r e l i a b i l i t y (which h a v e been i n c o r p o r a t e d into the GLV
d u r i n g p r e c e d i n g p h a s e s ) , a n d c o m p l e t e p r e c e d i n g d o c u m e n t a t i o n are main-
t a i n e d t h r o u g h o u t thp A M R A c t i v i t i e s . T h i s effort w i l l e m b r a c e all GLV
h a r d w a r e (including AGE Ltnd 1,iunch facI1itit.s) a n d d o c u r n e n t a t i o n , and
i n c l u d e s t h e s e l e c t ~ o n ,itientLficCitiun, h a n d l i n g , s t o r a g e , a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n of
s p a r e p a r t s for the GLV.

4. 2 SUPPORT pro THE ~ 1 . 1 ~ 1 1R

7E' A D I N E S S EFFORT

T h e Q u a l i t y A s s u r a n c e P r o p r a m , i t A M R w i l l siipport t h e F l i g h t R e a d i n e s s
Effort, a s d e s c r i b e d i n Scctlon 5. 0 , i n t h e iollowing a r e a s '

C. status Clf Vf>t!l( It, 'l'(~st1lIg

4. 3 S P A R E S SU P P O R ' I '

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e v e r , it w i l l b e n e c e s s a r y to c o n t r o l c r i t i c a l c o m p o n e n t s s e p a r a t e l y f o r
t.
Gemini. T h e s e critical c o m p o n e n t s are listed in LV-52. This list w i l f
r e v i s e d , as r e q u i r e d , t o k e e p it c u r r e n t w i t h p r o g r a m and component

4. 3 . 2 Spares Provisioning

A c o m p o n e n t s s u p p o r t t a b l e w i l l be d e v e l o p e d by A s s o c i a t e C o n t r a c t o r s w h i c h
w i l l list t h e p r i m e ( m a n d a t o r y ) s p a r e s r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r t h e G e m i n i L a u n c h
V e h i c l e , ( S e e LSD 1 - 4 2 3 ) . T h i s t a b l e w i l l be r e v i s e d , a s r e q u i r e d . Require-
m e n t s o t h e r t h a n the c r i t i c a l c o m p o n e n t s l i s t e d i n t h e s u p p o r t t a b l e w i l l b e
s u b m i t t e d by t h e C o n t r a c t o r s . A complete s p a r e s inventory, as specified by
t h e a p p l i c a b l e C o n t r a c t o r s p a r e s p r o v i s i o n i n g d o c u m e n t s , w i l l be m a i n t a i n e d .
A p h y s i c a l i n v e n t o r y of the G e m i n i c r i t i c a l c o m p o n e n t s w i l l b e m a d e m o n t h l y
by t h e M a r t i n C o . a n d P T S O p e r s o n n e l . S h o r t a g e s will be r e p l e n i s h e d p r i o r
t o the a r r i v a l of a G e m i n i l a u n c h v e h i c l e a t AMR a n d s t o c k l e v e l s w i l l be
maintained t h e r e a f t e r until launch.

4. 3 . 3 Identification and Storage

All c r i t i c a l s p a r e s which a r e f o r s u p p o r t of t h e G e m i n i P r o g r a m w i l l b e
i d e n t i f i e d s e r i a l l y and by t h e s p e c i a l G e m i n i d e c a l . These critical spares
w i l l be s t o r e d a t AMR in a s e p a r a t e , bonded a r e a . T h e r e c o r d s and d a t a
u s e d t o c e r t i f y G e m i n i c r i t i c a l c o m p o n e n t s p a r e p a r t s w i l l a c c o m p a n y the
r e s p e c t i v e s p a r e p a r t s to AMR. C o m p o n e n t s which b e a r the G e m i n i d e c a l
may not be u s e d on o t h e r T i t a n m i s s i l e s .

4.3 . 4 Replacement Criteria

R e p l a c e m e n t f o r c r i t i c a l c o m p o n e n t s m u s t be s e l e c t e d f r o m e p a r e a w h i c h a r e
identified: 1) serially, 2 ) by a G e m i n i d e c a l on t h e a r t i c l e , 3) by i t s c o r -
r e s p o n d i n g l o g s h e e t , a n d 4) by i t s o p e r a t i o n a l t i m e and l i f e r e c o r d , if
applicable,

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single s p a r e s i n v e n t o r y . Hewever, t h e failure history of t h e c o m p o n e n t wi
be reviewed prior to i n s t a l l a t i o n .

A r e c o r d w i l l be k e p t of p a r t n u m b e r s and serial numbers of all component

r e m o v e d and installed on tile G L V f o r s u b m i t t a l t o t h e A c t i v e R e v i e w Team
f o r i n c l u s i o n in t h e A M K h i s t o r y .

4.3.5 Spcires S t a t u s R c p o r t

A r e p o r t c o v e r i n g t h e physic a1 i n s p e c t on of s p a r e s i n v e n t o r y ( R e f e r e n c e
P a r a g r a p h 4. 3 . 2) w i l l h e st1bmittc.d b y t h e c o n t r a c t o r , a p p r o v e d b y t h e
PTSO, t o t h e A c t i v e R e v i e w Tedm itnmcldiatcly a f t e r v e h i c l e a r r i v a l a t A M R .

4.4 A G E A N D FACILITY C O N T R O L

A f t e r c o m p l e t i o n of t h c G r o u n d S y s t c m T e s t P r o c e d u r e s o r F A C I , a s
a p p l i c a b l e , for Comp1c.x a n d A G E arcc.ptan(-tx, t h e C o n t r a c t o r w i l l e s t a b l i s h
a n d m a i n t a i n a c o n t r o l l c ~ dand s v a l r d s t a t u s o f a l l A G E a n d c e r t a i n d e s i g n a t e d
facility i t e m s . S u b s e q u e n t i,ntry i n t o s e a l e d u n i t s s h a l l r e q u i r c p r o p e r
a u t h o r i z a t i o n , whic.li % . i l l !,P ini!i;jted only by t h e C o n t r a c t o r ' s Inspection
p e r s o n n e l a f t e r approv,il by thri 0555th A T W . P r i o r t o the s t a r t of w o r k ,
a u t h e n t i c a t e d s i g n a t u r e s will be a f f i x e d to t h e a u t h o r i z a t i o n f o r m by d e s i g n a t e d
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the C o n t r a c t o r ' s Quality Coiitrol, P T S O , and the A s s o c i a t e d
C o n t r a c t o r w h e n a n A s s o c i a t e C o n t r i i c t o r ' s ctqriipmcnt is i n v o l v e d . A PTSO
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e w i l l a s s . : r e that a l l r e w o r k h a s b e c n a c c o m p l i s h e d according
to t h e a p p r o v e d d(-,ciimerit;itionp r i o r t o r e - s e a l i t i g t l i r u n i t .

4.5 A I R B O K N E EQIJLPMEN'I' C O N T R O L

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4.6. 1 F a i l u r e Data and H a r d w a r e Control

A l l d i s c r e p a n c i e s o r d e v i a t i o n s f r o m t e s t o r h a r d w a r e s p e c i f i c a t i o n s must be
r e c o r d e d on the a p p r o p r i a t e C o n t r a c t o r f o r m . A l l d i s c r e p a n c i e s f o r airborne
c o m p o n e n t s w i l l be r e c o r d e d o n the M a r t i n f o r m .

A l l r e p o r t e d d i s c r e p a n c i e s t h a t p e r t a i n t o a G e m i n i L a u n c h V e h i c l e must
h a v e c o r r e c t i v e a c t i o n s a t i s f a c t o r y to t h e a p p r o p r i a t e W o r k i n g T e a m s and
t h e I n t e r f a c e C o m m i t t e e , if a p p l i c a b l e , p r i o r t o a l a u n c h . A failure analysis
m u s t be c o n d u c t e d p r i o r t o r e w o r k o n a l l f a i l e d h a r d w a r e t h a t c o u l d a f f e c t
mission success.

4. 6 2 Reliability P r o b l e m Concurrence

R e 1 ability p r o b l e m s a r e identified f r o m f a i l u r e r e p o r t i n g , failed p a r t s

ana y s i s , reliability design analysis, testing and other information that
indicates the need f o r corrective action to e n s u r e m i s s i o n s u c c e s s . After
a n c l y s i s a n d r e s o l u t i o n of a n i d e n t i f i e d f a i l u r e by t h e a p p r o p r i a t e c o n t r a c t o r ,
t h e f a i l u r e a n a l y s i s r e p o r t w i l l be p r o v i d e d t o t h e 6555th A T W I A e r o s p a c e l
A M R O by S S D / A e r o s p a c e P r o g r a m O f f i c e s .

T h e Working T e a m s m u s t have s a t i s f a c t o r y a s s u r a n c e that the reliability

p r o b l e m s c o u l d not p r e v e n t a s u c c e s s f u l countdown a n d l a u n c h .

4.6. 3 T i m e Sensitive Component Control

T o p r e v e n t t h e u s e of o v e r - a g e c o m p o n e n t s c ) n a G e m i n i L a u n c h V e h i c l e for
a f l i g h t , s pe c i f i c t i m e / c yc l e s e n s it i ve c o m pone n t s m a y r e qui r e r t*p l a c erne nt
p r i o r to launch. T h e s e i t e m s a r e identified in T a b l e 1.

Tah!e 1 w i l l be e x p a n d e d a n d updated a s r e q u i r e d .

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5. 0 F L I G H T R E A D l N E S S EFF-ORT

5. 1 GENERAL

T h e F l i g h t R e a d i n e s s caffort w i l l p r o v i d e p o s i t i v e c o n t r o l o v e r AMR G L V
activities (including the s p a c e c r a f t i n t e r f a c e ) , and will d e t e r m i n e the flight
r e a d i n e s s of t h e 1.aunch v-eliicle and i t s c o m p a t i b i l i t y w i t h the l a u n c h c o m p l e x ,
AGE, and spacecraft. I n c l u d e d in t h i s e f f o r t a r e a c t i v i t i e s of the W o r k i n g
T e a m s , Interface Committee ~ Active Rt,\riew T e a m , and the Status Review
Team.

5. 2 WORKING T E A M S

A c t i v i t i e s a t t h e w o r k i n g l e l - e l a r e dirrided i n t o a r e a s s u c h a s a i r f r a m e ,
p r o p u l s i o n , e l e c t r i c a l , e t c . , p e r Appendix A. A t e a m w i l l be a s s i g n e d t o
each area. T y p i c a l l y , a t e a m will c o n s i s t of a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f r o m e a c h of
the f o l l o w i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s : A e r o s p a c e / A M R O , 6555th A T W , P a t r i c k T e s t
S i t e O f f i c e ( P T S O ), a n d a p p r o p r i a t e A s s o c i a t e C o n t r a c t u r ( s ) . NASA r c p r e -
s e n t a t i v e s a r e inreited a s o b s e r i r e r s d u r i n g the w o r k i n g t e a m a c t i v i t i e s . The
C h a i r m a n of e a c h t e a m w i l l be the A e r o s p a c c / A M R O m e m b e r who w i l l s u b m i t
t h e f i n d i n g s a n d / o r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t o t h e A c t i v e R e v i e w T c a m ( A R T ) . It
w i l l be t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of t h e s e t e a m s t o obser1-e and monitor a c t i v i t i e s in
t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e a r e a s , to a n a l y z e r e s u l t s of a l l t c s t s and p r o g r e s s of t h e
l a u n c h p r o g r a m , and t o r e v i e w and s i g n off p r o c e d u r e s upon t h e i r c o m p l e t i o n .
T h e t e a m s w i l l a l s o m a k e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to the ART r e g a r d i n g p r o b l e m s
encountered during testing. T h e C1:airman will document all working t v a m
meetings, and submit reports.
5. 3 I N T E R F A C E C O M M I T T E E ( S P A C E C R A F T/GL,V)

T h i s t e a m w i l l c o n s i s t of AMR r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m NASA, 6555th ATT&',

A e r o s p a c e , McDonnell, M a r t i n / M a r i e t t a , and P T S O . T h e NASA m e m b e r
w i l l be t h e C h a i r m a n . T h e f u n c t i o n s of the t e a m w i l l be t o a s s u r e q u a l i t y o f
w o r k m a n s h i p , c o r r e c t n e s s of a p p l i c a b l e d r a m . i n g s , a n d t o a s s u r e t h a t the
i n t e r f a c e a r e a i s c l e a r of a n y d e f e c t s , d e b r i s o r i n t e r f e r e n c e w h i c h c o u l d
j e o p a r d i z e the flight. T h e C h a i r m a n w i l l k e e p the m i n u t e s of the i n t e r f a c e
c o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g s , a n d t h e m i n u t e s m a y be r e v i e w e d b y a l l o r g a n i z a t i o n
representatives before distribution. C o u r t e s y c o p i e s of t h e s e m i n u t e s w i l l
be s u b m i t t e d t o the A c t i v e R e v i e w T e a m f o r i n c l u s i o n in t h e G L V H i s t o r y .

5. 4 A C T I V E REVIEW T E A M

T h e A c t i v e R e v i e w T e a m w i l l c o n s i s t o f r e p r r s e n t a t i v e s f r o m t h e 6555th -4TLV.
A e r o s p a c e / A M R O a n d PTSO. T h e C h a i r m a n of t h i s t e a m will b c . t h c
Aerospace/AMRO member T h e f u n c t i o n s of t h e t e a m a r e t o r c = v i e n id
d o c u m e n t c o n t i n u o u s l y the o v e r a l l p r o g r e s s of t h e l a u n c h xrehicle a n d A G E /
F a c i l i t y i n c l u d i n g a l l s u b s y s t e m a r e a s . t o m a i n t a i n the launr h \ , e h i c l c h i s t o r y ,
t o e n s u r e t h a t w o r k i s in a c c o r d a n c e with the basic p h i l o s o p h y of thcx P i l o t
S a f e t y P r o g r a m ; arid t o f o r m t h e w o r k i n g t e a m s a s r e q u i r e d ( S e e Append11 A )
T h e A c t i v e R e v i e w T e a m w i l l e n s u r e t h a t e a c h w o r k i n g t e a m Chairiman s u b -
mits requisite reports. T h e C h a i r m a n w i l l p r e p a r e a n d d i s t r i b u t e ACtiyvrt*
R e v i e w T e a m m i n u t e s of m e e t i n g s

5. 5 S T A T U S REVIEW T E A M

T h i s t e a m w i l l c o n s i s t of r e p r e s c n t a t i v c s f r o m the G L V W G m e m b e r s h i p , S S D
and Aerospace/LA. T h e C h a i r m a n of t h i s t e a m w i l l b e the 6555th ATW
member. T h e f i n a l s t a t u s r e v i e w f u n c t i o n w i l l be p e r i o r m e d by t h t . St<tt(ir;

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R e v i e w T e a m p r i o r t o t h e F l i g h t Safety R e v i e w . At t h i s t i m e , t h e S t a t u s
R e v i e w T e a m w i l l r e v i e w h i s t o r y of t h e l a u n c h v e h i c l e f r o m i t s a r r i v a l a t
AMR. T h i s T e a m t h e n w i l l d e t e r m i n e t h e t e c h n i c a l r e a d i n e s s of t h e l a u n c h
v e h i c l e f o r f l i g h t and of the A G E / F a c i l i t i e s t o s u p p o r t t h e l a u n c h . The Status
Review T e a m will a s c e r t a i n that all possible efforts have been m a d e to e n s u r e
a s u c c e s s f u l m i s s i o n , that the launch vehicle is in the b e s t possible condition
of t e c h n i c a l r e a d i n e s s , and t h a t any r e s e r v a t i o n s on t h e p a r t s of p a r t i c i p a t i n g
agencies have been considered. M i n u t e s of the S t a t u s R e v i e w M e e t i n g w i l l b e
approved p r i o r to adjournment. T h e s e minutes will s e r v e a s the b a s i s f o r a
f i n a l s t a t u s r e p o r t t o be p r e s e n t e d t o t h e L a u n c h V e h i c l e F l i g h t S a f e t y R e v i e w
Board.

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6. 0 F L I G H T S A F E T Y REVIEW

6. 1 GENERAL

T h e F l i g h t S a f e t y R e v i e w , a s conducted by t h e F l i g h t S a f e t y R e v i e w B o a r d
( F S R B ) , w i l l c o n s t i t u t e t h e f i n a l , f o c a l point a c t i v i t y of t h e P i l o t S a f e t y P r o -
gram. T h e FSRR will s a t i s f y i t s e l f a s t o the s t a t u s of t h e l a u n c h c o m p l e x ,
A G E , and GLV (including t h e G L V - s p a c e c r a f t i n t e r f a c e ) , a n d w i l l m a k e t h e
u l t i m a t e d e c i s i o n a s t o w h e t h e r o r not t o c o m m i t t h e G L V t o l a u n c h . While
NASA m a y d e c i d e a t a n y t i m e t o c a n c e l t h e l a u n c h , n o a g e n c y m a y c o m m i t
t h e GLV to l a u n c h without t h e a p p r o v a l and c o n c u r r e n c e of t h e F S R B .

6.2 F L I G H T S A F E T Y REVIEW BOARD ( F S R B ) ACTIVITY

T h e F S R B w i l l be c o m p o s e d of t h e following o r t h e i r d e s i g n a t e d
representatives :

Chairman - C o m m a n d e r , SSD
Members - Deputy f o r E n g i n e e r i n g , SSD
C o m m a n d e r , 6555th A e r o s p a c e T e s t Wing
P r e std ent , A e r o s p a c e C Or p o r a t i on
Director, Aerospace /AMRO
Observers - DOD R e p r e s e n t a t i v e
IdASA T e a m ( t o i n c l u d e t h e O p e r a t i o n s D i r e c t o r
and a n A s t r o n a u t )
Recorder - F u r n i s h e d by GLV D i r e c t o r a t e , SSD

The F S R B w i l l a s s e m b l e i n t h e m o r n i n g o f F-1 d a y o r a s d i r e c t e d by t h e
C h a i r m a n , to c o n d u c t t h e F l i g h t Safety R e v i e w . T h e SSD P r o g r a m D i r e c t o r
will p r e p a r e a n d / o r coordinate a presentation to the F S R B to include the
following :

a. S i g n i f i c a n t d e t a i l s o f prevrolJs G L V and T i t a n 11 L a u n c h e s .
b. Modifications t o h a r d w a r e , p r o f i l e , and p r o c e d u r e s eince
p r e v i o u s launch ( o r s i n c e p r e v i o u s r e v i e w hy t h e FSRB).
c. H i s t o r y o f t h e t i L V t h r o u g h p r o d u c t i o n , a c c e p t a n c e , and
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n to A M R .

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(6.2 Continued)

d. H i s t o r y of t h e G L V at A M R .
e. R e p o r t a n d r e c o r n m c n d a t i o n s of t h e G L V S t a t u s R e v i e w B o a r d .
f. C o m p l e t e t e c h n i c a l r e v i e w of the s i g n i f i c a n t p r o b l e m a r e a s .
g. R e p o r t o n p e r s o n n e l c h a n g e s of t h e l a u n c h c r e w a n d the
flight readiness t e a m s .

F o l l o w i n g t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n , t h e C h a i r m a n will p r o v i d e a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r
h e a r i n g dissenting o r qualifying s t a t e m e n t s . T h e FSRB will t h e n d e c i d e
w h e t h e r o r not to c o m m i t the GLV to launch, a n d p r e s e n t this decision to
t h e s e n i o r NASA r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r h i s c o n c u r r e n c e o r r e j e c t i o n . T h e NASA
a n d DOD O b s e r v e r s a r e i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e fully i n the a b o v e R e v i e w to
a s s u r e t h e m s e l v e s a s t o t h e GLV s t a t u s , a n d all a s s o c i a t e d g r o u n d e q u i p m e n t .
7.1 GENERAL

T h e C h a i r m a n of t h e a p p l i c a b l e n o r k i n g t e a m o r h o a r d , and PTSO w d l
e n s u r e t h a t frill u s e , w ~ h t ~ ra p
cp~ l i c a b l e . will be m a d e of e s t a b l i s h e d t e c h n i q u e s ,
o p e r a t i n g p r a c t i c e s , and p r o c e d u r e s d e v e l o p e d t o r t h e ‘Titan I1 R a n d D f l i g h t
t e s t p r o g r a m and p r e s e n t l y being u s e d in T i t a n l a u n c h o p e r a t i o n s . Applicable
M e r c u r y p r o c e d u r e s w i l l a l s o be u t i l i z e d .

7.2 TEST PROCEDURES

A l l t e s t p r o c e d u r e s a n d P C N ’ s ( P r o c e d u r e Change N o t i c e s ) p r i o r t o u s e w i l l
b e r e v i e w e d by 6555th A T W / A e r o s p a c e t o e s t a b l i s h t h e i r t e c h n i c a l a d e q u a c y .
When t h e t e c h n i c a l a d e q u a c y has b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d , w o r k i n g t e a m s will
a s c e r t a i n that t e s t s w e r e completed s a t i s f a c t o r i l y in a c c o r d a n c e with the
a p p r o p r i a t e t e s t p r o c r d u r e s , and t h a t t h e t e s t p r o c e d u r e s and a s s o c i a t e d
d a t a a r e r e v i e w e d and s i g n e d o f f . T e s t i n g n o r m a l l y w i l l be wvitnessed b y
PTSO. Certain tests, cis r r ’ q u i r e d . w ’ i i l be L v i t n e s s e d b y t h e 6555th ATW
and / o r Ae r o s pa c e / A h l P.0.

T h e A c t i v e R e v i e w ‘Te.irn \ \ i l l d s s i g n the lcvfl1 of e f f o r t !or t h e w o r k i n g t e a m s

i n r e f e r e n c e t o t e s t p ~ r ~ c e d ~ rev1t.v.s
tre 2nd f o l l o w - u p . A r e v i e w w:ll f a l l
into t h r e e c a t e g o r i e s .

a. T l i o s e lvhere i t i s n e c e s s a r y o n l y t o a s s u r e t h a t t h e t e s t s
Lvt-re c o n ! p i f > t r r l; ~ i i d s i g n e d off hv i n s p e c t i o n of t h e a p p r o -
priatc’ l n s p e c ? i o r i l o g .
b. T h o s e wsherc t h e t e s t p r o c e d u r e a n d a s s o c i a t e d d‘ita a r e t o
b c r e v l e w ~ t ~ ca ln d s i g i i e d otf b v t h e w o r k i n g t e a m upon
s a t : s f a t tor!’ o m p l e t i o i i ( I f a t r s t .
C. T h o s e w - h t * r t l , 1 1 , add.tioii to b . , t h e ttastiiig m u s t b r
w i t n e s s e d hy 6555t1i A T W I A c r o s p a c t - I A M R O .

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7. 3 CONFIGURATION C O N T R O L

It i s m a n d a t o r y t h a t t h e v e h i c l e c o n f i g u r a t i o n i n t e g r i t y b e m a i n t a i n e a duririg
the AMR p o r t i o n of t h e p r o g r a m . A n y r e m o v a l a n d / o r r e p l a c e m e n t of c o m -
p o n e n t s m u s t b e 1 ) a p p r o v e d by the 6555th A T W , a n d 2 ) p r o p e r l y d o c u m e n t e d
as defined in Gemini CCB Instructions.

SSD C o n f i g u r a t i o n C o n t r o l Board ( C C B ) a p p r o v e d c h a n g e s s h a l l b e p r o -
g r a m m e d a n d c o n t r o l l e d f o r i m p l e m e n t a t i o n by t h e AMR GLV C o n f i g u r a t i o n
c o n t r o l a c t i v i t y w o r k i n g i n c o o r d i n a t i o n with t h e SSD C C B .

A l l AMR o r i g i n a t e d c h a n g e s will b e c o m p r e h e n s i v e l y r e v i e w e d f o r c o m p l e t e -
n e s s a n d t r a n s m i t t e d t h r c u g h the AMR GLV c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n t r o l a c t i v i t y .

T h e AMR GLV c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n t r o l a c t i v i t y w i l l be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s u p p l y i n g
r a w d a t a i n p u t s to t h e G e m i n i C o n f i g u r a t i o n I n d e x (GCI).

N o c r i t i c a l c o m p o n e n t s will be r e m o v e d f r o m G e m i n i L a u n c h V e h i c l e s t o
support other Titan flights.

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8.0 R E P O R T REQUIREMENTS

a. 1 WORKING T E A M S

E a c h w o r k i n g t e a m s h a l l s u b m i t a w e e k l y t e c h n i c a l r e p o r t to t h e c h a i r m a n of
t h e A c t i v e R e v i e w T e a m , beginning w i t h t h e a r r i v a l of t h e l a u n c h v e h i c l e at
AMR. T h i s r e p o r t s h a l l b e on r e p r o d u c i b l e f o r m a t f o r e a s e of i n c l u s i o n i n
the l a u n c h v e h i c l e H i s t o r y L o g . E a c h working t e a m c h a i r m a n s h a l l maintain
a n u p - t o - d a t e l o g which wiil i n c l u d e t h e r e s u l t s of r e v i e w s of all MARS, r e -
l i a b i l i t y p r o b l e m s , and T e s t P r o c e d u r e s . Whenever serialized components
a r e r e p l a c e d , a c o m p l e t e r e c o r d of t h e s e r i a l n u m b e r s s h a l l b e e n t e r e d i n
the log.

8. 2 INTER F A C E COMMITTEE

C o p i e s of t h e m i n u t e s of e a c h m e e t i n g of t h e I n t e r f a c e C o m m i t t e e w i l l b e
s u b m i t t e d t o t h e A c t i v e R e v i e w T e a m f o r r e v i e w a n d i n c l u s i o n i n the l a u n c h
vehicle history.

8. 3 ACTIVE REViEW TEAM

T h e A c t i v e R e v i e w T e a m w i l l be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e p r e p a r a t i o n of t h e
slii-mary r e p c r t c o v e r i n g t h e h i s t o r y of t h e l a u n c h v e h i c l e f r o m a r r i v a l at
AMR u n t i l t h e l a u n c h p r e p a r a t i o n c y c l e i s c o m p l e t e d .

8.4 STATUS REVIEW T E A M

T h e S t a t u s R e v i e w T e a m w i l l i s s u e a T e c h n i c a l R e a d i n e s s R e p o r t and r e c o m -
m e n d a t i o n s , s i g n e d by a l l m e m b e r s , a t t h e c o n c l u s i o n of t h e P r e - l a u n c h
Status Review Meeting.

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9.0 POST -LAUNCH ACTIVITIES

9.1 NORMAL

A f t e r a n o r m a l l a u n c h , i t will be t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of all C o n t r a c t o r s t o
r e v i e w t h e countdown a n d a p p r o p r i a t e flight d a t a and r e p o r t t h e i r f i n d i n g s to
t h e L a u n c h T e s t C o n t r o l l e r , 6555th A T W , a t t h e G L V W ( : p o s t f l i g h t c r i t i q u e

9.2 ACCIDENTS

In t h e e v e n t of m a j o r l a u n c h a b n o r m a l i t i e s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e c a s e of
f l i g h t f a i l u r e of t h e G L V , t h e c h a i r m a n of t h e F l i g h t S a f e t y R e v i e w B o a r d
will i m m e d i a t e l y r e c o n v e n e t h e FSRB a t A M R . T h i s b o a r d will r e v i e w t h e
a h n o r m a l i t y and d e c i d e on a n i n v e s t i g a t o r y c o u r s e Qf a c t i o n . T h e F S R B will
n o r m a l l y c o n v e n e t h e M a n n e d Flight S u r v e i l l a n c e B o a r d ( M F S B ) , d e f i n e d i n
A F E x h i b i t 6 2 - 1 9 5 , S e c t i o n 4.3 , a n d d i r e c t i t s s c o p e and a c t i v i t y . NASA
will be i n v i t e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e fully as an o b s e r v e r d u r i n g a n y i n v e s t i g a t i o n s
by t h e M F S B o r t h e F S R B .

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COMPONENT REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory
Mandatory R e p l a c e m e nt
Component Review Time /Cycles

T h r e e Axis Reference
System 300 h o u r s

Rate Gyro 300 h o u r s

Autopilot 300 h o u r s

Adapter Package 150 h o u r s

Malfunction Detection
Package 150 h o u r s

R a t e Switch P a c k a g e 150 h o u r s

Inverter 210 h o u r s

Rate Beacon 80 h o u r s a
a
2
VI
P u l s e Beacon 100 h o u r s
Q)
D
Decoder 350 h o u r s 3
i.
Electric Motor D r i v e n
Hydraulic P u m p --_-
APS/IPS Battery ----
Destruct Battery ----

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T Y P I C A L P I L O T S A F E T Y A C T I V I T I E S ( G L V No. 1 )

1 . A r r i v a l AMR - Handling 12 I n i t i a l P o w e r - O n CKS-

and T r a n s p o r t S t a z e I1
2. Receiving Inspection 13. S S F V T ' s
3. Erection (SCF 14. C S T
Configuration)
1 5 . AST - L a u n c h
4 Initial P o w e r - O n Checks Configuration
5 Sub S y s t e m F u n c t i o n 16 C S T ( I n c l u d e s S / C and
Verification Tests GLV EEI and R F I )
(SSFVT's ) 17. FR F
6. C o m b i n e d S y s t e m T e s t 18. P o s t F R F Analysis
(CST) 19. SSFVT's
7 . All S y s t e m s T e s t ( A S T ) - 20. CST
SC F C o n f i g u r a t i o n
21. F - 3 Day-Dry Mock/
a. CST Simulated Flight Test
9 . SC F 22. F - 2 Day - (DMSFT
10. P o s t S C F Analysis Data A n a l y s i s )
11. E r e c t S t a g e I1 t o T a n d e m 23. F-1 Day ( L a u n c h P r e p s )
Configuration

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 NOMENCLATURE

- A e r o s p a c e G r o u n d Equ'ipment

- A t l a n t i c M i s s i l e Range

AMRO - A t l a n t i c M i s s i l e Range Office

ART - Active Review T e a m

AS T - All S y s t e m s T e s t

CCB - Configuration Control B o a r d

CS T - Combined System Test

DMSFT - D r y Mock S i m u l a t e d F l i g h t T e s t

DOD - D e p a r t m e n t of D e f e n s e

EEI - E l e c t r i c a l / E l e c t ronic Inte r f e r e n c e

FRF - Flight Readiness Firing

FSRB - F l i g h t S a i e t y Review B o a r d

GCI - G e m i n i C o n f i g u r a t i o n Index

GLV - G e m i n i L a u n c h Vehicle

GLVWG - G e m i n i L a u n c h Vehicle W o r k i n g G r o u p

MARS - M a r t i n Automatic Reporting S y s t e m

M 11s - M a l f u n c t i o n Detection S y s t e m

MFSB - Manned Flight Surveillance B o a r d

PAA - Pan American Airways

PCN - P r o c e d u r e Change N o t i c e s

PMDS - Pad Malfunction Detection S y s t e m

PTSO - P a t r i c k T e s t Site O f f i c e

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 NOMENCLATURE ( C o n t i n u e d )

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-R-r.A - R a d i o C o r p o r a t i o n of A m e r i c a

RFI - Radio F r e q u e n c y I n t e r f e r e n c e

SCF - Sequence Compatibility F i r i n g

SSFVT - Sub S y s t e m F u n c t i o n V e r i f i c a t i o n T e s t s

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 D IS T R IB U ‘rIO N ( C o 11 t i n u c d)

AEROSPACE
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E. J . Barlow D. R . McZoii
D. 1-1. Baxter J. W. hfcCurry
J. F. B a z y k C. W . Miller
G. C. Belden S. J . Moskwa
W . B. B r e w e r , J r . /SBO R. G. Olander
L. R. Bush W . H. Parman
J . R. Carroll R. E. R i n g e
R. E. Combs H. F. Siesel
T. J . Connor T. Shi o k a r i
c. w. cox M. C . Shrader
M. B. DeNicholai N. R. Silk
D. A . Dooley/SBO ‘vV. P. T a r g o f f
G. Eisner 3 . G. Urban
G. M. Forslund J. F. Wambolt
W. A . G e r m a i n W. C. Wilkins
R. A . Giles (5) H. E . Williams
M. Goldman (3) L. E . W-ood (3)
B. A . Hohmann R . 0. K r a m e r
K. L. Moskins M a r t i n - M a r i e t t a Corporation
Space S y s t e m s Division
A. A. Jacobs M a i l N o . 3060
Baltiinore 3 , Maryland (5)
A . C. Kelleher
A. C. Kurz V. .I. Berinati
H. E. Lange Ae ro space Corporation
1 7 1 7 P e n n s y l v a n i a A v e n u e , N. W.
E. L. LaPorte Suite 1 3 0 0
W a s h i n g t o n 6 , D. C.
B. P. Leonard
E. K. Letsch
J . W. Luecht
J. A. Marsh
 DISTRIBUTION ( C o n t i n u e d )

Aerospace Corporation
AMRO
P a t r i c k _Air F c r c - s ; s c , ylG1;dd
M. C . J a c o b y
N. A. Mas
R . E. P a y n e
N. J. Waterman
J . R . Wiegand
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