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Distro. A Resources for Flight Test Payloaders – 2024-001 Project Call Resource

Core documents relevant to sounding rocket flight tests

WSMR Range Customer Handbook (2018):
https://www.wsmr.army.mil/pubs/WSMR_2018_RCH_FINAL_v1_1.pdf

WSMR Overview and Introduction: Test Capabilities Briefing (2011) https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA572926.pdf

WSMR Telemetry Capabilities Overview (2022)
https://www.itea.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/9-3_White-Sands-Missile-Range-WSMR-Telemetry-Capabilities-Overview-ITEA.pdf

NASA Sounding Rocket Users Handbook NASA/TP-20230006855 (2023)
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230006855

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Overview (2019)
https://goddard-contractors-association.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pierce_2019_05.pdf

Core DoD Environmental Standards

MIL-STD-202H (CONSOLIDATED), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST METHOD STANDARD: ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENT PARTS (18-APR-2015)
http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-0100-0299/MIL-STD-02H_CONSOLIDATED_18APR2015_52148/

MIL-STD-810H, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST METHOD STANDARD: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS (31-JAN-2019)
http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-0800-0899/MIL-STD-810H_55998/

Space-related References – some more relevant than others depending on launch environment

GSFC-STD-1000: NASA GSFC Rules for the Design, Development, Verification, and Operation of Flight Systems (2023)
https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/GSFC/GSFC-STD-1000

GSFC-STD-7000A: GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFICATION STANDARD (GEVS) For GSFC Flight Programs and Projects (2019)
https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/2019APSMEX/MO/pdf_files/gsfc-std-7000a_final_3-28-18.pdf

NASA-STD-5001B: STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND TEST FACTORS OF SAFETY FOR SPACEFLIGHT HARDWARE
https://standards.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/standards/NASA/B-w/CHANGE-2/2/Historical/nasa-std-5001b.pdf

NASA-STD-6016B: STANDARD MATERIALS AND PROCESSES REQUIREMENTS FOR SPACECRAFT
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nasa_std_6016b_nasa_materials_and_processes_standard.pdf

NASA-STD-7001B: PAYLOAD VIBROACOUSTIC TEST CRITERIA
https://s3vi.ndc.nasa.gov/ssri-kb/static/resources/nasa-std-7001b.pdf

NASA-STD-7002B: PAYLOAD TEST REQUIREMENTS
https://standards.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/standards/NASA/B/1/Historical/nasa-std-7002b.pdf

AFSC Standard SMC-S-016: TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR LAUNCH, UPPER-STAGE AND SPACE VEHICLES
https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/2019APSMEX/MO/pdf_files/SMC-S-016_05SEP2014.pdf

AEROSPACE REPORT NUMBER: TOR-2006(8506)-4732 (REV. A), SPACE SYSTEM VERIFICATION PROGRAM AND MANAGEMENT PROCESS
http://everyspec.com/USAF/TORs/TOR2006-8506-4732A_14231/

AEROSPACE REPORT NUMBER: TOR-2010(8591)-20, FLIGHT UNIT QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES (30-JUN-2010)
http://everyspec.com/USAF/TORs/TOR-2010-8591-20_53430/

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