17 August 2018
First international guidelines for small satellites published
...small spacecraft are estimated to launch over the next five years, many of them made by new operators. “ISO/TS 20991 will be of great benefit to small spacecraft developers, as well as launch operators, by providing the minimum requirements to ensure...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
...Assessment (LCA) is an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) model-based tool, widely used in other industrial...detailed guidance for the application of LCA to specify the ISO standards and is developing Product Category Rules to guide ...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
...way independently from the casualty risk criteria which is highlighted in several other international standards (for example, ISO 24113, IADC Mitigation Guidelines, European Code of Conduct). Solving the debris dilemma Existing solutions ranging from...
February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
... Ground Segment Manager (1990 to 1993) and ESA/ESTEC as system engineer for the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) from 1987 to June 1990. Acknowledgment This article is based on a paper ‘EUMETSAT’s future Low Earth Orbit satellite...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... enforced at the discretion of governments and space agencies. For example, all ESA projects are subjected to the ISO 24113:2019 standard on debris mitigation requirements, which references the IADC recommendation. With LEO set to become...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
... which confirms a product or service’s claim has been independently and repeatedly tested by experts, also potentially an ISO standard, so again, it’s something the UK is taking a lead in. Although the work that has been commissioned to establish...
