Flight Safety System Operation During KSLV-I Flight

Abstract

The first Korean satellite launch vehicle, KSLV-I (Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I), was launched for its third flight test on Jan. 30, 2013. KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) performed flight safety analyses prior to the flight in order to estimate the risk levels posed to the public quantitatively, and operated flight safety systems to cope with risky situations during flight. This paper describes the flight safety system operation, flight safety algorithm’s analysis results, and data processed in real-time during KSLV-I flight test.