Track: Emergency Management and Public Safety
Application of GIS for Cassini Launch Support
Albert L. GuberDonald VanEtten , Robert Best James Blohm Susan Blohm Jeffery Donovan
On October 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on an eleven-year mission to Saturn. The spacecraft is powered by Plutonium-238 based radioisotope thermoelectric generators. The Field Analysis System for Emergency Response (FASER) GIS team was present during the launch as part of DOE's accident contingency response. FASER is developed around ArcInfo and ArcView GIS for integrating and analyzing spatial information for nuclear emergency response activities. FASER operators integrated data from radiological prediction models, background radiation measurements, and a GPS-based aircraft Flight Path Recovery System. Spatial data were processed, analyzed, and presented to mission managers during the hours preceding launch.
Albert L. Guber
Bechtel Nevada
PO Box 98521
Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521
USA
Telephone: 702-295-8622
Fax: 702-295-8716
E-mail: guberal@nv.doe.gov