LAUNCH VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LSP PLN 324.01 Rev C

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Launch Services Program

LSP-PLN-324.01

Revision C

LAUNCH VEHICLE CERTIFICATION

Approved: Darren Bedell
Launch Services Development & Risk Mgr.

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Date: 03/11/2020

LSP-PLN-324.01, Rev. C

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Section 2 – Implementation
o Update to LSP required reviews
Section 3 – Definitions
o CLVC Changes for Category 1 Certification
Section 4.1 – Category 1 Certification Requirements
o Update to System Safety Requirements and
deletion of Launch Vehicle Design Requirements
Section 6.1.e – Request for Certification
o Added request for Category 1 Certification

RELEASED - Printed documents may be obsolete; validate prior to use.

LSP-PLN-324.01, Rev. C

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PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

Any launch vehicle configuration utilized by Launch Service Contractors (LSC) to launch National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) payloads must be certified in accordance with NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 8610.7, Launch Services Risk Mitigation Policy for NASA-Owned or NASA-Sponsored Payloads/Missions. This plan sets forth the criteria to be used by the NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) to certify any launch vehicle configuration under contract to the LSP.

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IMPLEMENTATION

(a)

The LSC must be AS9100E compliant for any corporation, corporate divisions, subsidiaries, joint ventures, partner(s) and/or any (added) major supplier actually performing launch vehicle manufacturing, management, payload/launch vehicle integration, testing, and launch. Certification from a registrar accredited by either the International Registrar of Certified Auditors (IRCA) or the Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) is not required, but individual launch service contracts may require such certification. For Category 1, compliance to ISO 9001:2015 can be used in place of AS 9100 compliance.

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For contract award of any launch services solicited under a NASA request for launch service proposal, the proposed Common Launch Vehicle Configuration (CLVC) shall be certified to the required launch vehicle risk category, as defined by the NASA Enterprises or the LSC must provide a detailed, viable plan, subject to Government assessment and acceptance, to achieve all certification requirements prior to launch. (Note: The launch vehicle risk categories are defined in NPD 8610.7, Launch Services Risk Mitigation Policy for NASA-Owned or NASA-Sponsored Payloads/Missions.)