ÖNORM EN 13291-3

1.1 General The purpose of this European Standard is to define the requirements and statements applicable to materials, mechanical parts and processes to satisfy the mission performance requirements. 1.2 Objectives This European Standard covers the following requirement domains: management, including organization, reviews, acceptance status and documentation control; selection criteria and rules; evaluation, validation or qualification testing; procurement and receiving inspection; utilization criteria and rules. The relationship between activities and programme phases is defined in annex A. 1.3 Applicability The provisions of this European Standard apply to all actors involved at all levels in the production of space systems. These include manned and unmanned spacecraft, launchers, satellites, payloads, experiments, electrical ground support equipment, mechanical ground support equipment, and their corresponding organizations. When viewed from the perspective of a specific project context, the requirements defined in this standard should be tailored to match the genuine requirements of a particular profile and circumstances of a project. NOTE Tailoring is a process by which individual requirements of specifications, standards and related documents are evaluated and made applicable to a specific project by selection, and in some exceptional cases, modification of existing or addition of new requirements.