BS ISO 14200:2021

What is ISO 14200 about?  

ISO 14200 specifies a common process for selecting and implementing meteoroid and space debris environment models used in the impact flux assessment for the design and operation of spacecraft and other purposes.  

Meteoroid and space debris environment models can be used to estimate the impact fluxes of meteoroids and space debris on a spacecraft. This flux information can be used in: 

• The selection of the spacecraft operation orbit in mission analysis, 
• The evaluation of the safety of specific orbit(s), 
• The prediction of the frequency of collision avoidance operations, and 
• The design of suitable impact protection, especially for critical components. 

ISO 14200 provides guidelines and requirements for the process. 

Who is ISO 14200 for? 

ISO 14200 on meteoroid and space debris environment models is applicable for: 

• Launch service providers 
• Spacecraft mission designer 
• Spacecraft manufacturers 
• Aerospace and defence industries  
• Testing agencies involved in the inspection of spacecraft and aerospace products 
• Design engineers for space environment 
• Space activity operators 

Why should you use ISO 14200?  

Every spacecraft in an Earth orbit is exposed to a certain flux of micrometeoroids and man-made space debris. Collisions with these particles take place with hypervelocity.  Meteoroid and space debris environment models have been developed which describe populations of meteoroids and/or space debris.  

ISO 14200 provides you with common implementation process for meteoroid and space debris environment models, which is used for estimation of the impact flux required when selecting the spacecraft operation orbit, evaluation of the impact flux in a specific orbit, prediction of the frequency of collision avoidance operations, and estimate of the impact flux required for protection design. 

Following guidelines provided in ISO 14200, you can protect space stations from meteoroid and space debris. 

ISO 14200 describes procedures that are available to guide a user in the selection and implementation of a suitable model. To select a suitable environment model, the capabilities of available candidate models should be considered.

What’s changed since the last update?  

BS ISO 14200:2021 supersedes BS ISO 14200:2012.  BS ISO 14200:2021 includes some technical changes concerning BS ISO 14200:2012. These include: 

• Removal of impact risk assessment requirements 
• In Annexes A and B, information on space debris environment models has been updated (SDEEM 2015 and SDEEM 2019) 
• Debris flux models: The latest version of each model is briefly described. Descriptions of historical models have been moved to NOTEs or deleted 
• Since this document now focuses on models that have been developed primarily for impact flux assessment, those models whose main purpose is to study the long-term evolution of the space debris environment have been deleted