BS EN 16602-40:2018

What is BS EN 16602-40 - Safety programme and the safety technical requirements for space product assurance about?  

BS EN 16602-40 defines the safety programme and the safety technical requirements aiming to protect flight and ground personnel, the launch vehicle, associated payloads, ground support equipment, the general public, public and private property, the space system and associated segments and the environment from hazards associated with European space systems. 

BS EN 16602-40 is applicable to all European space projects. BS EN 16602-40 may be tailored for the specific characteristic and constraints of a space project in conformance with ECSS-S-ST-00. 

Who is BS EN 16602-40 - Safety programme and the safety technical requirements for space product assurance for? 

BS EN 16602-40 on safety programme and the safety technical requirements for space product assurance is applicable to: 

• Space project managers  
• System engineers 
• Software engineers  
• Information technology engineers  
• Government authorities related to the space projects 

Why should you use BS EN 16602-40 - Safety programme and the safety technical requirements for space product assurance?  

The objective of safety assurance is to ensure that all safety risks associated with the design, development, production, and operations of space products are adequately identified, assessed, minimized, controlled, and finally accepted through the implementation of a safety assurance programme. 

BS EN 16602-40 provides you safety policy that helps you to ensure that space systems do not cause a hazard to, in order of priority: 

• Human life 
• The environment 
• Public and private property (including launch facilities) 
• Spacecraft and launcher 
• Ground support equipment and facilities 

BS EN 16602-40 helps you to determine and evaluate the safety risks associated with project activities. BS EN 16602-40 guides you to minimize safety risks in a technically effective and cost-effective manner. BS EN 16602-40 helps you to ensure adequate verification of safety control measures.  

What’s changed since the last update?   

BS EN 16602-40:2018 supersedes BS EN ISO 14620-1:2002. BS EN 16602-40:2018 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN ISO 14620-1:2002. These include: 

• Complete and thorough review with the focus on simplification and streamlining to improve clarity and consistency of requirements 
• Applicability guidelines to the different space systems has been defined  
• System safety programme requirements reworked, i.e., the system safety programme supports the risk management process described in EN 16601-80 (based on ECSS‐M‐ST‐80C) 
• Space debris mitigation streamlined 
• Atmospheric re‐entry addressed