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SPACE ACTIVITIES REGULATIONS 2001 2001 No. 186 - REG 3.08

Program management plan for launches

For this Part, a program management plan must include at least the following:
(a) a description of the holder's or applicant's procedures for conducting the launch or launches, and any connected return, including:

(i)
the arrangements to ensure the safety of ground operations; and
(ii)
the flight safety arrangements for the launch or each launch, covering the period beginning when an engine of the launch vehicle concerned is started and ending when all its engines stop operating; and
(iii)
for the launch or each launch, any changes to the mission flight arrangements, the procedures to confirm that the launch vehicle concerned is ready for assembly, the procedures for its assembly, the procedures for launch countdown, and the procedures to recover from any abnormal event concerning the launch;
(b)
a description of the holder's or applicant's arrangements for reporting on a launch;

(c) a description of the holder's or applicant's arrangements:

(i)
to ensure that the holder's or applicant's personnel who have, or would have, duties or functions in connection with the launch or launches and any connected return are properly prepared for the launch or launches or return and are aware of the person's duties and functions on the day of a launch or return; and
(ii)
for responding to any problems encountered in carrying out the launch or launches and any connected return and for taking actions to resolve those problems;
(d)
a statement identifying all hazardous ground operations associated with the launch or launches and a description of the holder's or applicant's procedures to manage those operations;

(e)
the details of the holder's or applicant's communications arrangements for the launch or launches and any connected return, including launch area communications, communications from drop zones to launch area, telemetry communications (including the details of the radio frequencies to be used) and emergency communications;

(f)
the details of any change to each payload to be carried and the effect of the change on the performance and stability of the launch vehicle concerned.



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