52Risk hazard analysis

52 Risk hazard analysis

(1) The application must include a risk hazard analysis for each launch and any connected return. (2) The analysis must: (a) be performed by a suitably qualified expert who is approved under section 124A to perform the analysis; and (b) fall within the launch safety standards set out in the Flight Safety Code. (3) The application must describe the methodology, assumptions and data used in the analysis. (4) The methodology must apply the launch vehicle probability of failure set out in the risk hazard analysis methodology in the Flight Safety Code. (5) If the methodology used differs from the risk hazard analysis methodology in the Flight Safety Code in any other respect, the application must: (a) describe the methodology used in a form that can conveniently be assessed against the methodology in the Flight Safety Code; and (b) set out each difference between the methodology used and the methodology in the Flight Safety Code; and (c) demonstrate, having regard to those differences, that the methodology is technically sound. (6) The application must describe any software used to carry out the analysis, including: (a) a description of the system for: (i) making and keeping records and data relating to the operation of the software; and (ii) maintaining documentation (such as manuals) relating to the operation of the software; and (b) for software that is not a generally available commercial product: (i) who developed the software; and (ii) how the software operates to implement the methodology used; and (iii) how the software was tested and the results of testing; and (iv) who validated the software and how it was validated.