What is BS EN 16602-20-07- Quality and safety assurance for space test centres about?  
BS EN 16602-20-07 specifies quality assurance and safety assurance requirements for space test centres, applicable to the test process, test personnel (both, of the customer and the space test centre), test facilities, test environment, and any operations related to the test specimen under the responsibility of the space test centre as requested by the customer.
BS EN 16602-20-07 may be tailored for the specific characteristic and constraints of a space project in conformance with ECSS-S-ST-00.
Note: BS EN 16602-20-07 has been developed to cover specifically space systems and has therefore precedence over any EN covering the same scope but with a wider domain of applicability (e.g.: aerospace).
Who is BS EN 16602-20-07- Quality and safety assurance for space test centres for? 
BS EN 16602-20-07 on quality and safety assurance for space test centres is useful for: 
- Astronauts
- Space scientists
- Aeronautical engineers
Why should you use BS EN 16602-20-07- Quality and safety assurance for space test centres?  
BS EN 16602-20-07 was developed to ensure that space test centres working for European space projects operate a quality and safety assurance system in line with ECSS requirements, internationally recognized standards, and best working practices.
BS EN 16602-20-07 makes applicable the requirements of EN 9100:2009 and provides additional requirements specific to space test centres. The quality management system of the space test centre, or that of the organization of which it is part, is to be in conformance with these requirements. BS EN 16602-20-07 also incorporates requirements from ISO/IEC 17025:2005 that are considered applicable for space test centres working for space projects.
BS EN 16602-20-07 does not make compulsory Certification of the space test centre against the requirements of the standards by a recognized certification authority.
BS EN 16602-20-07 was originally prepared with a focus on organizations capable of providing test services for space and launch segment elements and subsystems.
What’s changed since the last update?
EN 16602-20-07:2016 supersedes BS EN 14736:2004 which is withdrawn.
The main changes with respect to EN 14736:2004 are listed below:
- New EN number and modified title
- Reorganization of the content of the document to separate descriptive text and requirements, including clarification, modification of requirements and implementation of change requests,
- Transformation of the informative Annex C "Questionnaire on the use of hazardous items and operations" of the previous version into a Normative DRD in Annex A
- Removal of all references to ISO 9001 paragraphs, replaced by requirement 5.1a, which makes applicable the complete EN 9100 standard
- Increased focus on configuration control, traceability of the measurement chain dependability and safety of test facilities technical revision of content
