BS ISO 20892:2018

This standard BS ISO 20892:2018 Space systems. Launch complexes modernization process. General requirements is classified in these ICS categories:

• 49.140 Space systems and operations

This document specifies procedures in the preparation and carrying out of the modernization process of launch complexes and their components. These procedures are devised in case there is a need to make changes in existing configuration of launch complexes.

This document establishes the following:

1. modernization stages;

2. modernization performance requirements;

3. functions of the main participants of the modernization process and their interactions.

The requirements specified in this document are used by organizations involved in the modernization of the launch complexes.

This document is directly aimed at increasing economic efficiency in terms of the modernization process in creating new vehicles or changing the specification of a launch complex by a service customer, etc., or whether or not there is a need to build a new launch complex.

This document is also aimed at providing safety and health requirements for LC personnel, since increased demand for launch complex safety may be one reason to modernize the facility.

This document offers a unified approach to the management of the modernization process (preparation and carrying out). Since there are no specific requirements and data, target dates for the carrying out of the modernization process can be flexible.