What is ISO/TR 18146 about?
ISO/TR 18146 specifies contains information on the design and operational practices for launch vehicle orbital stages for mitigating space debris.
ISO/TR 18146 provides information to engineers on what is required or recommended in the family of space debris mitigation standards to reduce the growth of space debris by ensuring that spacecraft is designed, operated, and disposed of in a manner that prevents them from generating debris throughout their orbital lifetime.
Who is ISO/TR 18146 for?
ISO/TR 18146 on space debris mitigation is applicable to:
- Space research organizations
- Aerospace manufacturers
- Space research scientists and Engineers
- Spacecraft design engineers
Why should you use ISO/TR 18146?
Dealing with the debris is critical to prevent the orbital environment from deteriorating. Guidelines in ISO/TR 18146 help you ensure the sustainability of space activities. ISO/TR 18146 provides you with the requirements on design and operational practices for launch vehicle orbital stages for mitigating space debris which is crucial to protect people on the ground from re-entering objects ejected from low-Earth orbit.
ISO/TR 18146 helps you to design orbital launch vehicles and spacecraft orbital on space debris mitigation standards to reduce the growth of space debris by ensuring that spacecraft is designed, operated, and disposed of in a manner that prevents them from generating debris. Also, it helps protect spacecraft against micro debris that can cause critical damage to vulnerable components.
ISO/TR 18146 provides you comprehensive information on what ISO requires to do for the design and operation of the launch vehicles, and where such requirements and recommendations are registered in a set of ISO documents.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD ISO/TR 18146:2020 supersedes PD ISO/TR 18146:2015, which is withdrawn. PD ISO/TR 18146:2020 includes some technical changes as follows:
- Text has been updated to be aligned with ISO 24113:2019
- Information has been added that the ejection of slag debris from solid rocket motors is limited newly in low Earth orbit in addition to GEO previously
- Information relating to collision avoidance against catalogued space objects has been improved
- Information of the intention of the new requirement avoiding fragmentation caused by the impact of space debris and meteoroid, and typical assessment procedure in the world space agencies has been added
- Other information relating to the changes in ISO 24113 has been added
