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CxP Launch Team Design Team (LTDT) 
• KSC-based, cross-functional team chartered to develop Launch 
Team concept for approval by CxP 
- Design long-term team concept, adapt as necessary for Ares I -X, other 
specific implementation requirements/missions 
- LTDT chartered through first manned CEV launch. 
- Launch team concept will be "backwise adapted" for Integrated Test 
team, Daily Ops Test team 
• Following conceptual design approval, will move into 
Implementation phase 
- Develop specific, detailed roles and responsibilities for team positions 
- Government vs. Contractor positions, or either, or both 
- Procedure development, training plan development, implementation 
method for CxP Requirements (How are "LCCs" going to be 
implemented?, etc.) 
- Physical Firing Room layout 
- Ensure Launch Team structure is compatible with other Program teams ("Launch Authority Team", CoFR aspects, "FRR", etc.)
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LTDT Membership 
Prime Team Members (2 each from stakeholder KSC Directorates) 
• Constellation Program Office 
• Launch Vehicle Processing 
• ISS & Space Craft Processing 
• KSC Engineering 
• Safety & Mission Assurance 
• Launch Services Program 
Advisory Team Members (as required, sample list only) 
• MSFC Resident Office 
• Langley AVIO 
• CxP Requirements Management Representative 
• CxP Element Representatives 
• Command, Control, and Communications Project 
• Apollo launch operations 
• JSC MOD 
• Glenn Research Center (TBD) 
• Human Factors Engineering 
• Other NASA Center expertise
Accomplishments to Date 
0 Benchmarking Sessions Completed 
- Delta 
- Atlas 
- Wallops Flight Facility 
- JSC Flight Control Teams - Shuttle and heritage manned 
spaceflight ops 
- KSC Launch Teams - Shuttle and heritage manned spaceflight 
operations 
- Dryden Flight Research Center - civilian research aircraft 
operations 
- Edwards Air Force Base - military research aircraft operations 
• Expect to benchmark Arianespace operations in August 
2007
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Reminder! 
• The LTDT is seeking Program approval for 
CONCEPTUAL TEAM DESIGN for the entire 
Constellation Program at this stage. 
• Following concept approval the LTDT will transition into 
the Implementation Phase where team specifics will be 
defined for Ares I -x and follow-on missions. 
- The team will conduct in-depth "Lessons Learned" sessions 
following major activities for process improvements.
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CxP Launch Team 
0 Design Philosophy - Form Follows Function 
Boundary Conditions 
- Keep it lean 
- Do what's right, not necessarily what's been done befpre 
- LV processed in LC-39; 0EV processed in KSC Industrial Area 
Major Design Features 
1.Stage Integration 
2.One Single Launch Team 
3.GO I NO GO Philosophy 
4. Launch Authority Team (LAT) 
5.Stage Test Teams operational layout concept
CxP Launch Team Major Design Features 
1. STAGE INTEGRATION - OVERALL TEAM DESIGN PRINCIPLE 
DETERMINATOR 
• Flight hardware and ground support systems grouped by "stage" to align 
Launch Team structure with processing team structure, leveraging that 
expertise in the launch environment. 
- Launch Vehicle stage 
- Space Craft stage 
- Ground Support Systems stage 
Each stage has it's own fully-functional test team 
- Test management 
- Engineering 
- Safety & Mission Assurance 
Problem identification and resolution is achieved within a stage (if possible). 
System/Discipline Engineering, Integration Engineering, Test Conductor, 
with S&MA insight, resolve issues with their stage test team. 
• Problems whose characteristics indicate effects may affect other stages (i.e., Launch Vehicle issue affects Space Craft readiness) are integrated at 
overall Launch Integration level 
- Launch Test Director 
- Launch Integration Engineer 
- Mission Assurance Manager 
while utilizing system/discipline engineering expertise from the stages for 
problem resolution.
CxP Launch Team Major Design Features 
2. ONE SINGLE LAUNCH TEAM 
• The Launch Team will be comprised of a single team with GO / NO 
GO authority, with subordinate (and functionally aligned) supporting 
team members 
- Prime Launch Team (PLT) - implementation of documented CxP 
Requirements, GO / NO GO authority. Located in KSC LCC FR I 
"Front Room" 
- Support Launch Team (SLT) - system/functional experts are an 
available resource to PLT members if requested. Located in KSC LCC 
FRI "Back Room" 
- Extended Support Team - Design Center, Original Equipment 
Manufacturers Team - design expertise available to SLT I PLT if 
requested. Located external to FR I. 
• All team members with GO I NO GO authority will be located in the 
KSC, LCC Firing Room I, Front Room (less off-site required 
functions like MILA, Range, MOD, etc.)
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CxP Launch Team Major Design Features 
3. GO I NO GO PHILOSOPHY 
• GO / NO GO Authority will be granted to only those 
positions/persons with the responsibility and required expertise to 
commit their system/stage to launch 
- Significantly fewer GO / NO GO polls than Shuttle 
- No "Feel-Good" GO / NO GO polls 
- Prime Launch Team members can question specific Support Launch 
Team members if a concern exists, but NO formal poll. Likewise for the 
Extended Support Team members. 
• Expanding polls beyond those 
Authority to give the GO / NO 
- "Group Think" 
- "Feel Good"
responsible for, and with the 
GO dilutes meaning of the poll. 
* Keep it lean. Keep it meaningful *
CxP Launch Team Major Design Features 
4. LAUNCH AUTHORITY TEAM (LAT) 
The Launch Authority Team has overall launch authority and three 
principle responsibilities: 
1. Program Requirements change authority: "LCC, OMRS waivers" approval. 
2. Acceptance of previously undocumented programmatic risks. The "Challenger 
Effect" -: issues that may be valid reasons to question the advisability of 
proceeding with launch. 
3. Acceptance of increased programmatic risks. Issues that may be valid reasons 
to proceed with launch even with some incremental risk increase 
Implementation of documented Program Requirements delegated to 
Prime Launch Team 
LAT membership includes senior Program, Project, and NASA 
programmatic, technical and Safety & Mission Assurance managers 
-	 KSC Launch Director, chair 
- Program Manager 
-	 Project Managers 
-	 Independent Engineering - NASA Chief Engineer, or designee 
- Independent Safety & Mission Assurance - NASA AA for S&MA, or designee 
- Mission Director - NASA Administrator or AA with overall NASA GO I NOGO 
authority. Agency perspective of advisability to proceed with launch. 
-	 Others (TBD)
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CxP Launch Team Major Design Features 
5. STAGE TEST TEAMS OPERATIONAL LAYOUT CONCEPT 
• Stage Integration drives Stage Processing and Stage Launch 
Teams. Each stage test team has complete complement of required 
functions 
- Test Management 
- Engineering system/discipline experts 
- Integration Engineering 
- Safety & Mission Assurance professionals 
• All team members co-located in "Test Team Pods" in the Firing 
Room. No gross separation of Engineering and Test Management 
functions 
• Increased teaming human factors aspects. 
- Stage ownership 
- Stage readiness for launch 
- Functional respect for team member responsibilities
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Launch Integration	 Stage Integrati 
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Reporting Structure for Nominal 
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Test Director 
*Runs the Launch Countdown 
*stage Test Conductors Report to Test Director 
*Integrates External Test Conductors (e.g., Range, 
Weather, MILA) 
*Polls the LIE and all Test Conductors 
*Asks Launch Director for Final "GO" 
Launch Integ ration Engineer 
*Overall technical leadership 
*Integrates problems that span multiple stages. 
*Reports to the Test Director 
Staae Test Conductors (SCTC. LVTC. GSTC) 
*Conducts single stage testing. 
*Raises stage issues to the Test Director. 
*polls Prime Team Members and Stage Integration 
Engineers. 
*Reports to the Test Director 
Staae Integ ration Enaineers (SCIE. LVIE. GSIE 
*Integrates technical issues across single stage 
*Is not required for single system issue, but will 
monitor. 
*Reports to the Stage Test Conductor. 
Prime Team Members 
*System/discipline experts 
*integrates Support Team inputs. 
*Reports to the Stage Test Conductor. 
Contact KSC Launch Team Design Team 
Mike Leinbach - Chair
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Constellation Launch Team Functional Reporting Protocol Concept 
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*FLT (others)	 Test Conductor	 Test Conductor	 I	 Test Conductor	 Manager 
GS	 GS	 LV	 LV	 SC	 II	 SC 
Integration	 Assurance	 Integration	 Assurance	 Integration ifi Assurance 
Engineer	 Engineer	 Engineer	 Engineer	 Engineer	 Engineer
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Support Launch Team
Launch Authority Team 
Launch Director, chair
Program Manager
Project Managers
OEMs
Independent Engineer
Independent S&MA
Mission Director 
Others 
S&MA Support 
Team Members
Ground Systems	 Launch Vehicle Support 
Support Team Members I I	 Team Members
Space Craft Support

Team Members
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Design Center, Original Equipment Manufacturers, other Team Members 
Launch Management (CxP Test Director, UP Launch Integration Engineer)
	 Stage Management (Stage TCs, Stage lEs) 
CxP Test Director polls	 CxP Launch Integration En g ineer polls	 Stage Test Conductor polls	 Stage Integ ration Eng ineer polls 
- Stage TCs	
- Stage lEs for Anomaly Resolution	 - Stage System/Discipline Engineers2	 - Stage System/Discipline Engineers2 
- CxP Launch Integration Engineer
	
- Stage lEs	 for Anomaly Resolution 
- "other TCs" (M ILA, ER, MAM, "FLT others)
	
- Stage Assurance Engineers 
- Launch Authority Team 
1 Ground Systems Discipline Engineers includes Facilities, Comm, Command and Control
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2 Stage Discipline Engineers are a "shared resource" between Test Conduction and Anomaly Resolution
	
Draft: May 24, 2007 
Stage Test Team Concept	 pg 2 of 2 
Firing Room I 
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Launch Integration Engineer

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	 Prime Team 
Test Conductor	 Test Conductor	 • Test Conductor 
Integration Engineer
	 Integration Engineer
	 Integration Engineer 
System/Discipline Engineers
	 System/Discipline Engineers	 System/Discipline Engineers 
Assurance Engineer
	 Assurance Engineer	 Assurance Engineer 
Prime Team Members

Cert. Level "2" 
Support Launch Team 
Spacecraft Support Team Launch ,Vehicle Support Team 
Support EPD 
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Support Team Members 
Cert. Level "1" 
Contact KSC Launch Team Design Team 
Mike Leinbach - Chair
Launch Authority
 Team (LAT) 
Members 
*Launch Director, Chair 
*Design Center I OEM Reps 
*Mission Director 
(Agency Representative) 
Responsibility 
1.Program requirements change 
authority. 
2.Previously undefined 
programmatic risks 
(Challenger effect) 
3.Accepting increased 
Programmatic Risk 
Independent reporting 
capability 
*Previously undefined 
programatic risk 
communication path 
*Not used to resolve issues 
MSFC 
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. MOD 
Lang ley	 Glenn 
Payloads 
Prime Team Conference Room 
*Troubleshooting 
*plan Development 
* Face to Face discussions 
*VIPs will be located in LCC room 
4P8, and I or OSB 2
Date: 5/29/07


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