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protected Solar system body

Standard

ECSS-U-ST-20C-DIR1 - Start of Public Review (Due: 16 March 2018)

Definition

Solar system bodies, including planets and moons, for which there is significant scientific interest relative to the process of chemical evolution and the origins of life and for which scientific opinion provides a significant chance that contamination by a spacecraft can compromise future investigations

Notes

NOTE In accordance with this definition and the categories defined in 4.2, protected Solar system bodies are assigned to planetary protection category III and IV.

Relations

ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — analysis
ECSS-Q-ST-70-08C — contamination
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — contamination
ECSS-E-ST-32-11C — impact
ECSS-Q-ST-70-39C — process
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — process
ECSS-E-ST-35C Rev. 1 — spacecraft
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — spacecraft
ECSS-E-ST-35C Rev. 1 — system
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — system

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