Evaluation of the technological flight XVT02 of the Satellite Vehicle Launcher VLS-1 by means of group decision
doi: 10.5028/jatm.2009.01017990

Maria Cristina Vilela Salgado*
Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço
São José dos Campos - Brasil
cristina@iae.cta.br

Mischel Carmen N. Belderrain
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
São José dos Campos - Brasil
carmen@ita.br

Amanda Cecília S. da Silva
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
São José dos Campos - Brasil
amanda@ita.br

*author for correspondence

Abstract:

With the launch of the first prototypes of the Satellite Launch Vehicle VLS-1, different failures prevented accomplishing the mission. Then, in 2005, it was decided to carry out test flights with the purpose of testing all the systems in the vehicle. The proposal of the work is to assess the decision of conducting the second test flight XVT02 for the continuity and success of project VLS-1 based on a decision support multicriteria method. A group decision process was applied, with specialists from different areas of the project. The aggregating judgments approach led to integrate the group decision and the ensuing findings confirmed the decision taken previously, of carrying out the tests flight.

Keywords:

Decision models, VLS (Brazil), Multicriteria decision theory, Decision groups.