British Standards Institution

Sector: Manufacturing

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee (SPSC) is responsible for the UK input into CEN/CLC JTC 5, ISO/TC 20/SC 13, ISO/TC 20/SC 14 and ISO/TC 20/SC 6.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (166)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 25309	Space systems — Requirements for space science payloads re-flight Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
PD ISO/TR 25775	Space systems — Rationale and justification of requirements for a spacecraft large constellation Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-04-02	Drafting
PD ISO/TR 25087	Space systems — Technical guidelines of electrical wire derating Categories: Aerospace electric equipment and systems Approval begins :	Approval
PD ISO/TR 20891	Space systems — Space batteries — Guidelines for in-flight health assessment of lithium-ion batteries Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-02-07	Drafting
PD ISO/TR 18146	Space systems — Space debris mitigation design and operation manual for spacecraft Categories: Unclassified documents Comment resolution begins : 2025-01-23	Comment resolution
PD ISO/TR 11225	Space environment (natural and artificial) — Guide to reference and standard atmosphere models Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
ISO/TC 20/SC 14, ISO/NP 16615	Space systems -- Stable operation requirements for satellite attitude and orbit control system Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Aircraft and space vehicle engineering \| Aerospace construction materials \| Space systems and operations Proposal begins : 2022-03-02	Proposal
ISO/TC 20/SC 14 N 2042, ISO/NP 15104	Space systems -- Environmental testing for spacecraft thermal control materials Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Testing \| Engineering \| Aircraft and space vehicle engineering \| Space systems and operations Proposal begins : 2022-01-07	Proposal
ISO/TC 20/SC 14 N 2041, ISO/NP 14811	Space systems -- Safety requirements for spacecraft assembly, integration, and test Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Aircraft and space vehicle engineering \| Aerospace construction materials \| Space systems and operations Proposal begins : 2022-01-07	Proposal
ISO/TC 20/SC 14 N 1968, ISO/NP 9621	Space systems -- Methods to decide thermal vacuum test cycles of recurring production according to precipitation efficiency and reliability Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Aircraft and space vehicle engineering \| Aerospace construction materials \| Space systems and operations Proposal begins : 2021-08-04	Proposal

Published (490)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 6434:2024	Space systems. Design, testing and operation of a large constellation of spacecraft Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2024-01-12	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 22591:2021	Space systems. Space-based services for a high accuracy positioning system with safety requirements Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2021-08-06	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 22295:2021	Space environment (natural and artificial). Modelling of space environment impact on nanostructured materials. General principles Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2021-06-04	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 21979:2018	Space environment (natural and artificial). Procedure for obtaining worst case and confidence level of fluence using the quasi-dynamic model of earth's radiation belts Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2018-08-29	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 20991:2018	Space systems. Requirements for small spacecraft Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2018-07-24	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 20517:2024	Space systems. Cybersecurity management requirements and recommendations Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2024-07-16	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 18667:2018	Space systems. Capability-based Safety, Dependability, and Quality Assurance (SD&QA) programme management Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2018-03-15	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 16697:2012	Space systems. Safety and compatibility of materials. Method to determine the flammability thresholds of materials Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products \| Aerospace construction materials. General \| Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2012-10-25	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 6832:2023	Space systems. Development technology of a thermal vacuum chamber Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2023-10-09	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 23989:2020	Space environment (natural and artificial). Operational estimation of the solar wind energy input into the Earth's magnetosphere by means of the ground-based magnetic polar cap (<i>PC</i>) index Categories: Space systems and operations Published standard begins : 2020-01-31	Published standard

Withdrawn (213)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TR 23462:2007	Space systems. Guidelines to define the management framework for a space project Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2014-04-24	Withdrawn
PD ISO/TR 20590:2017	Space systems. Debris mitigation design and operation manual for launch vehicle orbital stages Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2021-05-05	Withdrawn
PD ISO/TR 18146:2015	Space systems. Space debris mitigation design and operation guidelines for spacecraft Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2020-10-28	Withdrawn
PD ISO/TR 16158:2013	Space systems. Avoiding collisions with orbiting objects Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2022-04-28	Withdrawn
DD ISO/TS 16457:2009	Space systems. Space environment (natural and artificial). The Earth's ionosphere model. International reference ionosphere (IRI) model and extensions to the plasmasphere Categories: Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology \| Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2014-04-22	Withdrawn
DD ISO/TS 12208:2011	Space systems. Space environment (natural and artificial). Observed proton fluences over long duration at GEO and guideline for selection of confidence level in statistical model of solar proton fluences Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2015-12-10	Withdrawn
BS Z 19:2000, ISO 15889:2000	Space data and information transfer systems. Data description language. EAST specification Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2003-06-10	Withdrawn
BS Z 17:2000, ISO 15887:2000	Space data and information transfer systems. Data systems. Lossless data compression Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2009-09-18	Withdrawn
BS Z 100:1999, ISO 14625:1999	Space systems. Ground support equipment for use at launch, landing, or retrieval sites. General requirements Categories: Ground service and maintenance equipment \| Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2009-08-12	Withdrawn
BS ISO 27875:2019	Space systems. Re-entry risk management for unmanned spacecraft and launch vehicle orbital stages Categories: Space systems and operations Withdrawn begins : 2020-09-24	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

ADS Group
Airbus Operations Limited
Civil Aviation Authority
Committee Manager
Cranfield University
EnerSys ABSL
Inmarsat
Natural Environment Research Council - British Antarctic Survey
Outgoing Chair
Rolls Royce Control Systems
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
UK Space Agency

Liaisons with other committees

Individual Capacity - Material Science
Individual Capacity - Satellite regulation expert
Individual Capacity - Space data and information transfer expert
Individual Capacity - Space Engineering Safety
Individual Capacity - Thermal Metrology
Liaison - EPL/80
Liaison - GEL/107
UK Expert - ISO/TC 20 SC 14/WG 4 - Space Environment
UK Expert - ISO/TC 20 SC 14/WG 7 - Orbital Space Debris
UK Expert – Lidar

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

ACE/68 - Space systems and operations

Committee standards activity