SSCMAN91-710V1 governs range safety responsibilities, policies, processes, approvals, waivers, and mishap reporting for SSC ranges.
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The manual covers aeronautical, missile, space launch, pre-launch processing, and reentry activities across launch vehicle and payload life cycles. It establishes approval and waiver levels, mishap and incident investigation and reporting procedures, and interfaces among SSC, Space Launch Deltas, and Range Users.
Applies to: This manual applies to all Range Users conducting or supporting operations on the SSC ranges.
Range activities include any activities Range Users plan to perform on SSC ranges (aeronautical tests/operations, missile tests/operations, space launch, pre-launch processing, reentry activities, etc.).
Commercial users intending to provide launch services and use SSC ranges shall have a license or license application in process from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or a DoD sponsorship and be accepted by the DoD to use the ER or WR.
Foreign government organizations or other foreign entities shall be sponsored by an appropriate US government organization or be a customer of a Range User.
In accordance with SSCI 91-701, The Space Systems Command Launch and Range Safety Program, all tailored versions of SSCMAN 91-710 are approved by the SLD Commander.
The authorities to waive SLD/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement.