On the Safety of Suborbitalrocket Launches from the Polish Coast

• Authors: Tomasz Noga , Krzysztof Matysek , Rafał Dziczkaniec , Dawid Cieśliński , Piotr Umiński , Stanisław Dul

Abstracts

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This paper presents a rocket flight safety analysis using methods from the internationally recognized standard RCC 321-20 with an emphasis on a suborbital launch from the Polish coast. Currently, several entities are launching (or planning to launch) suborbital rockets and land them in the Baltic sea – and such flights are expected to be performed using more and more capable rockets with increasing launch frequency. While the present approach in Poland is to close a predefined air space, monitor or close the maritime zone to any traffic and ensure that the impact point dispersion of all rocket elements will fit within that restricted area, established and proven methods often take advantage of advanced calculations of flight risk to the public, aircraft and vessels. This paper demonstrates this approach and compares relative rocket or missile flight safety from Poland to other locations frequently used for such exercises. The results of this work may also be beneficial when planning safety measures for military exercises involving missiles.

Keywords

EN

military exercises; suborbital launch vehicles; safety; defense; IAMD/BMD

PL

ćwiczenia wojskowe; rakieta nośna; bezpieczeństwo; obrona; IAMD/BMD

• Publisher: Centrum Rzeczoznawstwa Budowlanego Sp. z o.o.
• Journal: Safety & Defense
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 1

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

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Tomasz Noga

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Warsaw

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Krzysztof Matysek

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Warsaw

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Rafał Dziczkaniec

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Warsaw

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Dawid Cieśliński

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Warsaw

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Piotr Umiński

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Warsaw

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Stanisław Dul

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, Warsaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.37105/sd.199

Biblioteka Nauki

27315605