[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR417.311]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
     CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 417_LAUNCH SAFETY--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D_Flight Safety System
 
Sec. 417.311  Flight safety crew roles and qualifications.

    (a) A flight safety crew must operate the flight safety system 
hardware. A flight safety crew must document each flight safety crew 
position description and maintain documentation on individual crew 
qualifications, including education, experience, and training as part of 
the personnel certification program required by Sec. 417.105.
    (b) A flight safety crew must be able to demonstrate the knowledge, 
skills, and abilities needed to operate the

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flight safety system hardware in accordance with Sec. 417.113.
    (1) A flight safety crew must have knowledge of:
    (i) All flight safety system assets and responsibilities, including:
    (A) Communications systems and launch operations procedures;
    (B) Both voice and data systems;
    (C) Graphical data systems;
    (D) Tracking; and
    (E) Telemetry real time data;
    (ii) Flight termination systems; and
    (iii) Contingency operations, including hold, recycle and abort 
procedures.
    (2) An individual who monitors vehicle performance and performs 
flight termination must have knowledge of and be capable of resolving 
malfunctions in:
    (i) The application of safety support systems such as position 
tracking sources;
    (ii) Digital computers;
    (iii) Displays;
    (iv) Command destruct;
    (v) Communications;
    (vi) Telemetry;
    (vii) All electrical functions of a flight termination system;
    (viii) The principles of radio frequency transmission and 
attenuation;
    (ix) The behavior of ballistic and aerodynamic vehicles in flight 
under the influence of aerodynamic forces; and
    (x) The application of flight termination rules.
    (3) An individual who operates flight safety support systems must 
have knowledge of and be capable of resolving malfunctions in:
    (i) The design and assembly of the flight safety support system 
hardware;
    (ii) The operation of electromechanical systems; and
    (iii) The nature and inherent tendencies of the flight safety system 
hardware being operated.
    (4) An individual who performs flight safety analysis must have 
knowledge of orbital mechanics and be proficient in the calculation and 
production of range safety displays, impact probabilities, and casualty 
expectations.
    (c) Flight safety crew members must complete a training and 
certification program to ensure launch site familiarization, launch 
vehicle familiarization, flight safety system functions, equipment, and 
procedures related to a launch before being called upon to support that 
launch. Each flight safety crew member must complete a preflight 
readiness training and certification program. This preflight readiness 
training and certification program must include:
    (1) Mission specific training programs to ensure team readiness.
    (2) Launch simulation exercises of system failure modes, including 
nominal and failure modes, that test crew performance, flight 
termination criteria, and flight safety data display integrity.