ISO 14625:2023
Space systems — Ground support equipment for use at launch, landing or retrieval sites — General requirements
This document specifies the general characteristics, performance, design, test, checkout, maintenance, safety, reliability, maintainability and quality requirements for ground support equipment (GSE) and systems intended for use at launch, landing or retrieval-site installations, or other locations that are the responsibility of the launch, landing and retrieval site. This document does not specify how to design, checkout and maintain GSE, but establishes the minimum requirements to provide simple, robust, safe, reliable, maintainable and cost-effective GSE.
This document is applicable to the design, checkout and maintenance of non-flight hardware and software used to support the operations of transporting, receiving, handling, assembly, inspection, test, checkout, service, launch and recovery of space vehicles and payloads at the launch, landing or retrieval sites. As such, the requirements of this document are optional for hardware used only at the manufacturing, development or test sites prior to arrival at the launch, landing or retrieval sites. However, if such GSE is dual use equipment to be also at a launch, landing or retrieval site, for whatever reason, all the safety-related requirements of this document apply to the GSE.
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms
4 General
5 Functional designations
5.1 General
5.2 Servicing GSE
5.3 Checkout and test GSE
5.4 Handling and transportation GSE
5.5 Auxiliary GSE
5.6 Umbilical GSE
6 Characteristics
6.1 Performance characteristics
6.1.1 Operability
6.1.2 Interfaces
6.1.3 Producibility
6.2 Physical characteristics
6.2.1 Limited life
6.2.2 Useful life
6.2.3 Protective coating
6.2.4 Colours
6.2.5 Metric system
6.2.6 Redundancy
6.3 Reliability
6.4 Maintainability
6.5 Environmental conditions
6.5.1 General
6.5.2 Natural environment
6.5.3 Launch-induced environment
6.5.4 Controlled interior environment
6.5.5 Controlled clean environment
6.5.6 Uncontrolled interior environment
6.5.7 Fire/explosion hazard environment
6.5.8 Environmental test methods
6.5.9 Seismic environment
6.6 Transportability
7 Documentation
7.1 Drawings and specifications
7.2 Technical documentation
7.3 Operations and maintenance documentation (OMD)
8 Supply support
9 Personnel and training
10 Qualification
11 Quality assurance
11.1 General
11.2 Responsibility for verification
11.3 Testing
11.3.1 General
11.3.2 Load test
11.3.3 Non-destructive test (NDT)
11.3.4 Test reports
11.3.5 Instrumentation calibration
11.4 Quality conformance verification
11.5 Checkout and maintenance
11.6 Quality problems management
12 Packaging
12.1 Preservation and packaging
12.2 Shipping containers
12.3 Weight and size
12.4 Parts protection
12.5 Precision clean parts
12.6 Marking
12.7 Environmental recording instruments
12.8 Transportation and storage
13 Design and construction requirements
13.1 Structural design
13.1.1 Structural steel and other structures
13.1.2 Safety factor
13.1.3 Critical weld
13.2 Mechanical design
13.2.1 Pneumatics
13.2.2 Cryogenics
13.2.3 Hypergols
13.2.4 Hydrocarbons
13.2.5 Liquid oxidizers
13.2.6 Hydraulics
13.2.7 Environmental control system (ECS) and coolant servicing systems
13.2.8 Life support
13.2.9 Lifting devices
13.2.10 Springs
13.2.11 Umbilical design
13.2.12 Torque limits
13.2.13 Tethers
13.2.14 Jacks
13.2.15 Transportation equipment
13.2.16 Pressure vessels
13.3 Electrical/electronic design
13.3.1 Electrical control and monitor equipment
13.3.2 Pneumatic and hydraulic mechanical components
13.3.3 Internal wiring
13.3.4 Pyrotechnic systems
13.3.5 Electrical power
13.3.6 Bonding and grounding
13.3.7 Hazard-proofing
13.3.8 Lightning protection
13.3.9 Software
13.3.10 Firmware
13.4 Materials, parts and processes
13.4.1 Materials
13.4.2 Parts
13.4.3 Processes
13.5 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
13.6 Identification markings and labels
13.6.1 Systems and equipment
13.6.2 Load test
13.6.3 Piping systems
13.6.4 Compressed gas cylinders
13.6.5 Load capacity
13.6.6 Test weights
13.6.7 Electrical cable assemblies
13.6.8 Serial numbers
13.7 Workmanship
13.8 Interchangeability
13.9 Safety
13.10 Human performance
13.10.1 General
13.10.2 Operating characteristics
13.10.3 Personnel force limits
13.10.4 Propellant handlers ensemble (PHE) operators
13.11 Security
13.12 Redundancy
14 Checkout and maintenance requirements
14.1 General requirements
14.2 Checkout and maintenance items
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms
4 General
5 Functional designations
5.1 General
5.2 Servicing GSE
5.3 Checkout and test GSE
5.4 Handling and transportation GSE
5.5 Auxiliary GSE
5.6 Umbilical GSE
6 Characteristics
6.1 Performance characteristics
6.1.1 Operability
6.1.2 Interfaces
6.1.3 Producibility
6.2 Physical characteristics
6.2.1 Limited life
6.2.2 Useful life
6.2.3 Protective coating
6.2.4 Colours
6.2.5 Metric system
6.2.6 Redundancy
6.3 Reliability
6.4 Maintainability
6.5 Environmental conditions
6.5.1 General
6.5.2 Natural environment
6.5.3 Launch-induced environment
6.5.4 Controlled interior environment
6.5.5 Controlled clean environment
6.5.6 Uncontrolled interior environment
6.5.7 Fire/explosion hazard environment
6.5.8 Environmental test methods
6.5.9 Seismic environment
6.6 Transportability
7 Documentation
7.1 Drawings and specifications
7.2 Technical documentation
7.3 Operations and maintenance documentation (OMD)
8 Supply support
9 Personnel and training
10 Qualification
11 Quality assurance
11.1 General
11.2 Responsibility for verification
11.3 Testing
11.3.1 General
11.3.2 Load test
11.3.3 Non-destructive test (NDT)
11.3.4 Test reports
11.3.5 Instrumentation calibration
11.4 Quality conformance verification
11.5 Checkout and maintenance
11.6 Quality problems management
12 Packaging
12.1 Preservation and packaging
12.2 Shipping containers
12.3 Weight and size
12.4 Parts protection
12.5 Precision clean parts
12.6 Marking
12.7 Environmental recording instruments
12.8 Transportation and storage
13 Design and construction requirements
13.1 Structural design
13.1.1 Structural steel and other structures
13.1.2 Safety factor
13.1.3 Critical weld
13.2 Mechanical design
13.2.1 Pneumatics
13.2.2 Cryogenics
13.2.3 Hypergols
13.2.4 Hydrocarbons
13.2.5 Liquid oxidizers
13.2.6 Hydraulics
13.2.7 Environmental control system (ECS) and coolant servicing systems
13.2.8 Life support
13.2.9 Lifting devices
13.2.10 Springs
13.2.11 Umbilical design
13.2.12 Torque limits
13.2.13 Tethers
13.2.14 Jacks
13.2.15 Transportation equipment
13.2.16 Pressure vessels
13.3 Electrical/electronic design
13.3.1 Electrical control and monitor equipment
13.3.2 Pneumatic and hydraulic mechanical components
13.3.3 Internal wiring
13.3.4 Pyrotechnic systems
13.3.5 Electrical power
13.3.6 Bonding and grounding
13.3.7 Hazard-proofing
13.3.8 Lightning protection
13.3.9 Software
13.3.10 Firmware
13.4 Materials, parts and processes
13.4.1 Materials
13.4.2 Parts
13.4.3 Processes
13.5 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
13.6 Identification markings and labels
13.6.1 Systems and equipment
13.6.2 Load test
13.6.3 Piping systems
13.6.4 Compressed gas cylinders
13.6.5 Load capacity
13.6.6 Test weights
13.6.7 Electrical cable assemblies
13.6.8 Serial numbers
13.7 Workmanship
13.8 Interchangeability
13.9 Safety
13.10 Human performance
13.10.1 General
13.10.2 Operating characteristics
13.10.3 Personnel force limits
13.10.4 Propellant handlers ensemble (PHE) operators
13.11 Security
13.12 Redundancy
14 Checkout and maintenance requirements
14.1 General requirements
14.2 Checkout and maintenance items
Bibliography