The ECSSSystem and its capability to support National Space Legislation

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The ECSS-System and its capability to support
National Space Legislation

• Dr.-Ing. Andreas K. Jain
• DLR (Köln), QP
• National Space Legislation Workshop
• 29/30 January 2004

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Content

• Review of standardization activities
• ECSS Participants
• ECSS Objectives
• ECSS History and status
• ECSS Scope
• ECSS Structure
• ECSS Process
• Interfaces to other Standardization bodies (SDOs)
  and current cooperation agreements
• Documents
• Can ECSS support a space activity authorization ?
• Requirements
• Q40 Overview
• Statements
• Proposal

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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Participants

• ECSS is a partnership between the European space
  sector customers and European industry
• Members
• ESA 1 representative
• National Space Agencies 1 representative each
• (CNES, DLR, BNSC, ASI, CSA, NSA, ONSC)
• Industry represented by Eurospace 4
  representatives total

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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Objectives

• More cost effective programmes
• Promote clear and unambiguous communication in a
  form suitable for quotation in legally binding
  documents
• Organise and manage the development of a common
  and coherent single set of standards
• Promote the application of standards by
  encouraging organisations developing space
  missions to use the ECSS standards
• Achieve formal EN and ISO status for selected
  standards
• Ensure that ECSS remains as the space sector
  standardization body for Europe

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Review of standardization activities ECSS
History

• 1988 EUROSPACE, ESA CNES
• Discussion for standardization of PA-Requirements
• 1993 Establishment ECSS
• Terms of Reference
• 1995 First ECSS-Standards published
• 1996 ESA Council resolution
• General application of ECSS and termination of
  use of PSS
• 2002 ECSS-Re-structuring
• for conversion of the systems from an
  establishment phase to operational
• 2004 ECSS-Status
• 75 Standards published (25 DIN EN, 1 ISO DIN EN)
• 72 Standards in draft
• 24 Standards in CEN, CENELEC or ISO Transfer

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Review of standardization activities ECSS Scope

• Set of standards for
• Project Management requirements
• Design, development, manufacturing, verification
  and operational activities
• PA requirements and methods
• Technical requirements for parts, assemblies,
  equipments, sub-systems and systems
• Interface requirements

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Review of standardization activities ECSS System
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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Structure

• Level 1 Policy And Objectives
• Definition of policy and principles in the
  specific domain. Global view of the requirements
  and outline of the interfaces between the
  elements (and the documents) at Level 2
• Level 2 What To Do Expected Output
• Definition of requirements and functions (what
  to do and expected output) for all aspects in
  the individual domain (Management, Product
  Assurance and System-Engineering)
• Level 3 How To Do (Guideline)
• Definition of methods, procedures and tools to
  achieve the requirements of Level 2 documents
  (how to do).

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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Management Standards
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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Management Standards (cont.)
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Review of standardization activities ECSS PA
Standards
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Review of standardization activities ECSS PA
Standards (cont.)
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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Engineering Standards
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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Engineering Standards (cont.)
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Review of standardization activities ECSS 3rd
level Standards (selection)
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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Organization
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Review of standardization activities ECSS
Process

• Standards are developed according to an annual
  plan by specific working groups under the
  management of the relevant branch panel
• Working groups, composed of subject experts from
  member organizations, produce draft standards
• Draft standards are reviewed
• by branch panel for technical content and
  consistency within the branch
• By executive for harmonization between branches
• by member organizations on for acceptability and
  applicability
• After disposition and inclusion of comments, the
  standard is approved for publication by Steering
  Board
• Standards are improved through usage and reviewed
  at least every 5 years

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current interfaces to other Standardization
Development Organizations (SDOs) European sector

• National aerospace standardization bodies e.g.
  DIN-NL,
• ESCC adoption of standards of the EEE-parts
  sector
• EDMS EDMS Space Debris-draft as european
  position for ISO TC20 SC14 Orbital Debris
  Coordination Group
• AECMA-STAN agreement of interests with
  AECMA-STAN standardization activities
• CEN transfer of ECSS-standards for EN
  publication

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Review of standardization activities ECSS
current interfaces to other Standardization
Development Organizations (SDOs) International
sector

• IAQG Organization of an international Space
  Forum, under ECSS leadership, for establishing a
  common international space input to
  IAQG-standards (e.g. 9100)
• NASA european position for the update of NASA
  STD 3000 HMI
• ISO TC20 SC13/CCSDS Space Date and Information
  Systems adoption of communication standards
• ISO TC20 SC14 Space Systems and Operations
  european position by introducing ECSS-standards
  as a common european input to ISO

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Documents

• Internet
• English, French (partly) and German (partly)
  documents are available free of charge
• http//www.ecss.nl/
• http//www.cnes.fr/
• http//www.dlr.de/QP
• Printed Documents in German
• DLR Dep. QP-NB, D-51147 Köln, Linder Höhe

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Can ECSS support a space activity authorization?
Requirements

• Technical related requirements
• Safety
• Environment
• ECSS related standards
• ECSS-Q40B Safety last issue 5/2002, updating
• ECSS-E-? Space Debris drafting ? ISO TC20SC14
  Input
• ECSS-Q-40-01 Planetary Protection drafting
• Environment (e.g. Nuclear power sources) not
  planned yet

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Can ECSS support a space activity authorization?
Overview
Safety - Organization -
Access and authority - Risk
management - Certification
- Training
- Documentation
- Engineering - Analysis -
Verification - Operation
E10
Q20
QA-process
Safe Design
Q40
Selection Materials, Mech.
Dependability data
Selection EEE-parts
Q70
Q30
Q60
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Can ECSS support a space activity authorization?
Statements

• ECSS Standards
• are project/product related standards
• Tailoring possible
• Set of tools and methods can be proposed for
  alternative use
• contain requirements for proper and safe function
  of a space system
• contain a lot of requirements which can be used
  by an authority for authorization of space
  objects
• Some aspects, like use of nuclear power sources,
  are not addressed yet
• ECSS is not able (in the moment) to cover all
  requirements which may be necessary for an
  authorization (see Space Debris, Planetary
  protection)

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Can ECSS support a space activity authorization?
Proposal

• Set Up of a ECSS Working Group for
• Assessing the available ECSS requirements which
  are applicable to authorization of space
  activities
• Identifying and proposing additional requirements
  needed for authorization purposes
• Technical criteria for space activity
  authorization needed
• Estimated timeline up to 1 year
• Financing open