BS ISO 10786:2025 - Page 2

This document establishes requirements for the design, material selection and characterization, fabrication, testing and inspection of all structural items in space systems, including expendable and reusable launch vehicles, satellites and their payloads.

This document applies to all structural items, including fracture-critical hardware used in space systems during all phases of the mission, with the following exceptions: adaptive structures, propulsion systems, nuclear systems, and thermal protection systems.