Abstract
*† An experimental permit issued by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) authorizes reusable suborbital rockets to fly within a predefined operating area. Specifically, an operating area must contain a suborbital rocket’s instantaneous impact point at all times. This paper will present a method for determining a buffer zone surrounding an operating area to mitigate the risks to nonparticipating aircraft from the hazards involving rocket operations. Determining the size of the buffer zone is a multi-step process. First, a principal operating area is established. Next, the risk to aircraft flying at the edge of the operating area is determined. Finally, the buffer zone size is established based on the additional distance beyond the edge of the operating area required to reduce the aircraft risk to acceptable levels. This paper will familiarize the reader with these proposed processes and the methodologies that support them.
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