Failure Analysis

Resources for understanding and quantifying the impact on factory production and the benefits of prognostic technology on out-the-door product reliability, increasing product life are available through a large number of resources.

Universities across the country offer classes in prognostic technology. Conferences on prognostic health management are held yearly, allowing students, graduate-level and Ph.D candidates the opportunity to publish papers and interact with others in the fieled.

Dr. Len Losik has published 2 books along with several papers on predicting electrical & mechanical failures for satellites and launch vehicles and are available from most Internet based book stores such as Amazon.com, Borders.com, Waldenbooks.com etc. We recommend purchasing our books from an Internet book store because they can be shipped to you much faster than brick & mortor stores.

We recommend ordering our books from Amazon.com because you can receive your copy in a few days. Brick & mortor book stores such as Barnes & Noble  and Borders must order them from their distributers which takes many weeks.

Title: An Introduction to Predicting Failures & Measuring Remaining Life for Highly Reliable Aerospace Equipment

This is a brief history and use of Failure Analysis' Telemetry Prognostic technology development funded by the U.S. Air Force on the Global Positioning System beginning in 1978 and on the low earth orbiting NASA astrophysics satellite, the Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer which was launched in 1992 and re-entered earths atmosphere in 2002.

Author: Dr. Len Losik

Number of pages: 325

Color images

ISBN 978-0-9741358-4-7 

Binding: Perfect

Size: 6" X 9"

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The following publications are available from Failure Analysis by request in paper copy or by email in PDF. Most of these documents are available in the books mentioned above. Please contact us through email from the Contact Us page. Allow several days for delivery:

Predicting  Failures & Estimating Duration of Remaining Service Life from Satellite Telemetry, technical presentation of the paper, by Dr. Len Losik, Sheila Wahl, Lewis Owen of Lockheed Martin Space & Missiles Systems published at ITC 1995

Stopping Launch Pad Delays, Launch Failures, Satellite Infant Mortalities and On Orbit Satellite Failures Using Telemetry, by Dr. Len Losik of Failure Analysis, technical paper published at ITC, 2007

A Statistical Approach for the Development of the Failure Prediction Process (FPP), a final report generated by LMMS internal funding to evaluate the use of telemetry prognostic technology on the Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile, published in 1996 by Sheila Wahl, Lewis Owens of Lockheed Martin Space & Missiles Systems

Telemetry Prognostic Technology Power Point presentation, by Dr. Len Losik of Failure Analysis, 2009

Losik, Len, Telemetry Prognostic for Upgrading Space Flight Equipment Design, Manufacture, Test, Integration, Launch and On-Orbit Spacecraft Operations, AIAA Space2008 Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA. 2008.

Losik, Len, Stopping Launch Pad Delays, Launch Failures, Satellite Infant Mortalities And On Orbit Satellite Failures Using Telemetry Prognostic Technology, International Telemetry Conference Proceedings, Las Vegas, NV, 2007.

Losik, Len, Faster, Better, Cheaper Still Has Life, SATNEWS Magazine, December, 2007.

Losik, Len, Hal Would Be Proud, SATNEWS Magazine, February, 2008.

Losik, Len, Shifting Risk to Satellite and Launch Vehicle Builders, National Space Society, International Space Defense Conference, Washington DC. 2008.

Losik, Len,  Predicting Long-Term Telemetry Behavior for Lunar Orbiting, Deep Space, Planetary and Earth Orbiting Satellites, International Telemetry Conference 2008 Proceedings, San Diego, CA.2008.

Losik, Len,  Launch Vehicle And Satellite Independent Failure Analysis Using Telemetry Prognostic Algorithms, International Telemetry Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA. 2008.

Losik, Len,  Spectral Analysis for Understanding and Predicting Spacecraft Analog Telemetry Behavior. International Telemetry Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, 2008.

Losik, Len, Military Satellites and Rockets—No More Failures!, MILSATMAGAZINE, MilsatMagazine.com, January, 2008.

Title: Predicting Failures & Measuring Remaining Equipment Life for Highly Reliable Aerospace Equipment

This is a an almost complete history of the development and use of Failure Analysis' Telemetry Prognostics technology funded by the U. S. Air Force Global Positioning System beginning in 1978 for the most technically challenging application of all; satellites in low earth orbit.

It includes many additional chapters and a final report by Lockheed Martin Space & Missiles Company Reliability Analysis group who spent over $100,000 during a 6 month R&D effort to analyze the technical merit and feasibility of Failure Analysis' Failure Prediction technology use on the Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile Program and its suitability for software implementation.

Author: Dr. Len Losik

 Number of pages: 467

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ISBN 978-0-9767491-9-6

Binding: Perfect

Size: 6" X 9"

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Title: Prognostics and Health Management of Electronics

Author: Dr. Michael Pecht, University of Maryland CALCE

 Number of pages: 315

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ISBN 978-0-470-27802-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Size: 7" X 10"