What is ISO/TR 20590 about?
ISO/TR 20590 discusses standards for space debris mitigation design and operation manual for launch vehicle orbital stages. ISO/TR 20590 focuses on the information on the design and operational practices for launch vehicle orbital stages for mitigating space debris.
ISO/TR 20590 provides information to engineers on the requirements and recommendations in the space debris mitigation standards to reduce the growth of space debris by ensuring that launch vehicle orbital stages are designed, operated, and disposed of in a manner that prevents them from generating debris throughout their orbital lifetime.
Who is ISO/TR 20590 for?
ISO/TR 20590 on launch vehicle orbital stages is applicable to:
- Aerospace and defence industries
- Organizations involved in making aerospace applications
- Spacecraft manufacturing industries
- Testing agencies involved in the inspection of aerospace products
- Aerospace transport system
- Spacecraft operators
- Space activity operators
- Space engineers
Why should you use ISO/TR 20590?
Coping with Space debris is essential to preventing the deterioration of the orbital environment and ensuring the sustainability of space activities. The orbital environment has become so deteriorated by space debris. It is necessary to take effective actions to ensure the safety of those on the ground from re-entering objects that were disposed of from Earth orbit. Following guidelines provided in ISO/TR 20590 help you to mitigate the generation of orbital debris in design and operation of both spacecraft and the launch vehicle orbital stages.
ISO/TR 20590 provides you with a detailed and practical set of requirements and recommendations for the design and operation of the launch vehicles to assist the space industry in conforming to the requirements which relate to launching vehicle orbital stages.
By adopting ISO/TR 20590, manufacturers can demonstrate the reliability of their space debris mitigation design and operation manual and build trust in their use throughout the aerospace supply chain.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD ISO/TR 20590:2021 supersedes PD ISO/TR 20590:2017.
PD ISO/TR 20590:2021 includes some technical changes concerning PD ISO/TR 20590:2017. These include:
- Text has been updated to be aligned with ISO 24113:2019
- Information has been added that the total number of structural elements and orbital stages is limited according to the number of payloads
- 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 cataloged space objects has been improved
- Corresponding to the new requirement limiting the total probability of successful disposal to be at least 0,9, the state of the art to confirm the compliance with that taken in the world space industries and national agencies has been added
- Other information relating to the changes in ISO 24113 has been added
