Standards perform a critical role in the aerospace industry. First, they provide assurance parts and products will meet performance requirements. Secondly, they provide for reliable maintenance and spare parts. So it’s an event when a new group of standards is issued. The new EN 16602 series is such a release. These are 34 documents for space product assurance, with more in the works. They provide evidence that space exploration and the need for standards are increasingly industry-based rather than government-issued.
These new EN 16602 series standards cover the gamut of topics that you might have previously found in NASA standards, for example. Here’s the list of the titles released so far:
- EN-16602-10-04, Space product assurance. Critical-item control
- EN-16602-10-09, Space product assurance. Nonconformance control system
- EN-16602-20, Space product assurance. Quality assurance
- EN-16602-20-10, Space product assurance. Off-the-shelf items utilization in space systems
- EN-16602-30-02, Space product assurance. Failure modes, effects (and criticality) analysis (FMEA/FMECA)
- EN-16602-30-09, Space product assurance. Availability analysis
- EN-16602-30-11, Space product assurance. Derating. EEE components
- EN-16602-40-02, Space product assurance. Hazard analysis
- EN-16602-40-12, Space product assurance. Fault tree analysis. (Adoption notice ECSS/IEC 61025)
- EN-16602-60-02, Space product assurance. ASIC and FPGA development
- EN-16602-60-05, Space product assurance. Generic procurement requirements for hybrids
- EN-16602-60-12, Space product assurance. Design, selection, procurement and use of die form monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs)
- EN-16602-60-14, Space product assurance. Relifing procedure. EEE components
- EN-16602-60-15, Space product assurance. Radiation hardness assurance. EEE components
- EN-16602-70-01, Space product assurance. Cleanliness and contamination control
- EN-16602-70-02, Space product assurance. Thermal vacuum outgassing test for the screening of space materials
- EN-16602-70-03, Space product assurance. Black-anodizing of metals with inorganic dyes
- EN-16602-70-04, Space product assurance. Thermal testing for the evaluation of space materials, processes, mechanical parts and assemblies
- EN-16602-70-05, Space product assurance. Detection of organic contamination surfaces by infrared spectroscopy
- EN-16602-70-06, Space product assurance. Particle and UV radiation testing for space materials
- EN-16602-70-07, Space product assurance. Verification and approval of automatic machine wave soldering
- EN-16602-70-18, Space product assurance. Preparation, assembly and mounting of RF coaxial cables
- EN-16602-70-20, Space product assurance. Determination of the susceptibility of silver-plated copper wire and cable to ‘red-plague’ corrosion
- EN-16602-70-21, Space product assurance. Flammability testing for the screening of space materials
- EN-16602-70-22, Space product assurance. Control of limited shelf-life materials
- EN-16602-70-26, Space product assurance. Crimping of high-reliability electrical connections
- EN-16602-70-28, Space product assurance. Repair and modification of printed circuit board assemblies for space use
- EN-16602-70-29, Space product assurance. Determination of off gassing products from materials and assembled articles to be used in a manned space vehicle crew compartment
- EN-16602-70-30, Space product assurance. Wire wrapping of high-reliability electrical connections
- EN-16602-70-31, Space product assurance. Application of paints and coatings on space hardware
- EN-16602-70-36, Space product assurance. Material selection for controlling stress-corrosion cracking
- EN-16602-70-37, Space product assurance. Determination of the susceptibility of metals to stress-corrosion cracking
- EN-16602-70-45, Space product assurance. Mechanical testing of metallic materials
- EN-16602-70-46, Space product assurance. Requirements for manufacturing and procurement of threaded fasteners
It’s clear that the trend towards the commercialization of space flight that’s been in the news recently here in the States is an international effort. If this series interests you, keep an eye on the EN 16601 series on space project management, the EN 16603 series on space engineering, and the EN 16604 series on space sustainability as well. The technical committee CEN/CLC/TC 5 has been hard at work for some time and the results are just now being issued as new EN publications.
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