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HomeHandbooks & TMsActive HandbooksActive Product Assurance Handbooks
Active Product Assurance Handbooks

Active Product Assurance Handbooks

The following handbooks can be downloaded in PDF or MS Word format.

The European Space Agency hereby disclaims any liability for use of these electronic documents and assumes no responsibility for any error or omission therein. See the License agreement – Disclaimer for more information.


  1. ECSS-Q-HB-30-01A – Worst case analysis (14 January 2011)
  2. ECSS-Q-HB-30-03A – Human dependability handbook (14 July 2015)
  3. ECSS-Q-HB-30-08A – Components reliability data sources and their use (14 January 2011)
  4. ECSS-Q-HB-60-02A – Techniques for radiation effects mitigation in ASICs and FPGAs handbook (1 September 2016)
  5. ECSS-Q-HB-70-23A – Materials, mechanical parts and processes obsolescence management handbook (20 November 2017)
  6. ECSS-Q-HB-80-01A – Reuse of existing software (5 December 2011)
  7. ECSS-Q-HB-80-02 Part 1A – Software process assessment and improvement – Part 1: Framework (8 October 2010)
  8. ECSS-Q-HB-80-02 Part 2A – Software process assessment and improvement – Part 2: Assessor instrument (8 October 2010)
  9. ECSS-Q-HB-80-03A Rev.1 – Software dependability and safety (20 November 2017)
  10. ECSS-Q-HB-80-04A – Software metrication handbook (30 March 2011)


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