ESA PSS documents for download (PSS-01 Series)
The following scanned versions of the ESA PSS specifications are made available for free download.
Note:
Neither ESA nor the ECSS Executive Secretariat take any responsibility for the correctness or completeness of these scanned versions of the documents.
The following document is the latest list of ESA PSS documents. It contains next to the published PSS specifications also several documents that were planned to be published. Due to the start of the ECSS System in 1996 the production of ESA PSS documents was stopped.
List of ESA PSS-numbers-allocated (4 March 1996) (PDF).
Available scanned versions of ESA PSS documents:
| ESA PSS Specification | Title | Issue number | Date of publication | Topic now covered by ECSS Standard |
| ESA-PSS-01-0_Issue 1 (May 1981) | Basic requirements for product assurance of ESA spacecraft and associated equipment | Issue 1 | May 1981 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-10_Issue 1 (May 1981) | Product assurance management and audit systems for ESA spacecraft and associated equipment | Issue 1 | May 1981 | |
| PSS-01-101 (not available) | Software quality assurance plans | Issue 1 | Feb 1983 | |
| PSS-01-11 (not available) | Configuration management and control for ESA space systems | Issue 1 | Mar 1989 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-20_Issue 2 (Feb 1991) | Quality assurance requirements for ESA space systems | Issue 2 | Feb 1991 | ECSS-Q-ST-20 |
| ESA-PSS-01-201_Issue 1 (Aug 1983) | Contamination and cleanliness control | Issue 1 | Aug 1983 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-01 |
| ESA-PSS-01-202_Issue 1 (June 1983) | Preservation, storage, handling and transportation of ESA spacecraft hardware | Issue 1 | Jun 1983 | ECSS-Q-ST-20-08 |
| ESA-PSS-01-203_Issue 1 (Aug 1983) | Quality assurance of test houses for ESA spacecraft and associated equipment | Issue 1 | Aug 1983 | ECSS-Q-ST-20-07 |
| ESA-PSS-01-204_Issue 1 (Sept 1984) | Particulate contamination control in clean rooms by particle fallout (PFO) measurements | Issue 1 | Sep 1984 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-50 |
| ESA-PSS-01-21_Issue 2 (April 1991) | Software product assurance requirements for ESA space systems | Issue 2 | Apr 1991 | ECSS-Q-ST-80 |
| ESA-PSS-01-30_Issue 2 (March 1992) | Reliability assurance requirements for ESA space systems | Issue 2 | Mar 1992 | ECSS-Q-ST-30 |
| ESA-PSS-01-301_Issue2(April1992) | Derating requirements and application rules for electronic components | Issue 1 | Dec 1982 | ECSS-Q-ST-30-11 |
| ESA-PSS-01-302_Issue1_Draft5(February1993) | Failure rates for ESA space systems | Issue 1 DRAFT 5 | Feb. 1993 | No replacement document. Some links to information can be found in ECSS-Q-HB-30-08A |
| ESA-PSS-01-40_Issue 2 (Sep 1988) | System safety requirements for ESA space systems | Issue 2 | Sep 1988 | ECSS-Q-ST-40 |
| ESA-PSS-01-401_Issue 2 (Nov 1994) | ESA fracture control requirements | Issue 2 | Nov 1994 | ECSS-E-ST-32-01 |
| ESA-PSS-01-411_Issue 1 (Jan 1994) | Sneak analysis methods and procedure for ESA space programmes | Issue 1 | Jan 1994 | ECSS-Q-ST-40-04 (withdrawn) |
| ESA-PSS-01-50_Issue 1 (Nov 1991) | Maintainability requirements for ESA space systems | Issue 1 | Nov 1991 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-60_Issue 2 (Nov 1988) | Component selection, procurement and control for ESA space systems | Issue 2 | Nov 1988 | ECSS-Q-ST-60 |
| ESA PSS-01-603 | ESA preferred parts list | Issue 3 | Sep 1995 | see website: ESCIES.ORG |
| ESA-PSS-01-604_Issue 1 (Sept 1988) | Generic specification for silicon solar cells | Issue 1 | Sept 1988 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-605_Issue 1 (May 1990) | Capability approval programme for hermetic thin-film hybird microcircuits | Issue 1 | May 1990 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-606_Issue 1 (July 1986) | The capability approval programme for hermetic thick-film hybrid microcircuits | Issue 1 | Jul 1986 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-607_Issue 1 (Nov 1990) | Checklist for thick film hybrid microcircuits manufacturer and line survey | Issue 1 | Nov 1990 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-608_Issue 2 (April 1987) | Generic specification for hybrid microcircuits | Issue 2 | Apr 1987 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-609_Issue 1 (May 1993) | Radiation design handbook | Issue 1 | May 1993 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-610_Issue 1 (Nov 1991) | Design guidelines for capability approval of film hybrid microcircuits and microwave hybrid integrated circuits (MHIC’s) | Issue 1 | Nov 1991 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-611_Issue 1 (Nov 1990) | Checklist for thin film hybrid microcircuits manufacturer line survey | Issue 1 | Nov 1990 | |
| ESA-PSS-01-612_Issue 1 (Nov 1990) | Capability approval programme for microwave hybrid integrated circuits | Issue 1 | Nov 1990 | |
| ESA PSS-01-70 | Material, mechanical-part and process selection and quality control for ESA space systems | Issue 4 | Jan 1994 | ECSS-Q-ST-70 |
| ESA-PSS-01-700_Issue 2 (Aug 1993) | The technical reporting and approval procedure for materials, mechanical parts and processes | Issue 2 | Aug 1993 | ECSS-Q-ST-70 |
| ESA-PSS-01-701_Issue 1 Rev 3 (Jan 1994) | Data for selection of space materials | Issue 3 | Jan 1994 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-71 |
| ESA-PSS-01-702_Issue 2 (Oct 1994) | A thermal vacuum test for the screening of space materials | Issue 2 | Oct 1994 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-02 |
| ESA-PSS-01-703_Issue 1 (Oct 1982) | The black-anodising of aluminium with inorganic dyes | Issue 1 | Oct 1982 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-03 |
| ESA PSS-01-704 | A thermal cycling test for the screening of space materials and processes | Issue 1 | Aug 1982 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-04 |
| ESA-PSS-01-705_Issue 1 (Oct 1982) | The detection of organic contamination of surfaces by infrared spectroscopy | Issue 1 | Oct 1982 | ECSS-Q-ST-70-05 |