BS EN 16602‑70‑14 specifies the minimum requirements to qualify the materials and processes selected to provide corrosion protection. Additional testing can be performed to satisfy the requirements for materials and processes used in specific flight applications.
BS EN 16602-70-14 specifies the behaviour of metals and alloys as well as refers only to metallic materials.
BS EN 16602‑70‑14 covers typical spacecraft and launcher programs on the ground for not more than 10 years.
Note: BS EN 16602-70-14 does not remove the responsibility for the degradation of other materials such as polymers or ceramics to be considered.
Note 2: BS EN 16602-70-14 does not cover the requirements for protection against stress corrosion cracking (SCC) which has its own dedicated standard ECSS-Q-ST-70-36.
BS EN 16602‑70‑14 on space product assurance for corrosion is useful for:
BS EN 16602-70-14 is useful to provide the space product assurance activities related to ground support equipment, test equipment, hardware processing equipment, hardware packaging, hardware shipment, and interfacing with flight hardware and are to be controlled to prevent damage to or contamination of flight hardware. These product assurance requirements are requested by customers for accomplishing the mission and will lead to higher customer satisfaction.
BS EN 16602-70-14 is structured such that the necessary level of quality is achieved, consistently maintained, and high reliability of the end product assured.
EN 16602-70-14:2018