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Engineering (superseded)

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  1. ECSS-E-00A Policy and principles (19 April 1996)
  2. ECSS-E-10 Part 1B: System engineering – Part 1: Requirements and process (18 November 2004)
  3. ECSS-E-10 Part 6A – System engineering – Part 6: Functional and technical specifications (9 January 2004)
  4. ECSS-E-10 Part 6A Rev.1: Space engineering – System engineering – Part 6: Functional and technical specifications (31 October 2005)
  5. ECSS-E-10 Part 7A: Space engineering – System engineering – Part 7: Product data exchange
  6. ECSS-E-10-02A Verification (17 November 1998)
  7. ECSS-E-10-03A – Testing (15 February 2002)
  8. ECSS-E-10-04A – Space environment (21 January 2000)
  9. ECSS-E-10-05A – Functional analysis (13 April 1999)
  10. ECSS-E-10A System engineering (19 April 1996)
  11. ECSS-E-20-01A – Multipaction design and test (5 May 2003)
  12. ECSS-E-20-01A Rev.1 – Multipaction design and test (1 March 2013)
  13. ECSS-E-20A – Electrical and electronic (4 October 1999)
  14. ECSS-E-30 Part 1A – Mechanical – Part 1: Thermal control (25 April 2000)
  15. ECSS-E-30 Part 2A – Mechanical – Part 2: Structural (25 April 2000).
  16. ECSS-E-30 Part 3A – Mechanical — Part 3: Mechanisms (25 April 2000)
  17. ECSS-E-30 Part 3A Mechanical – Part 3 Mechanisms (25 April 2000)
  18. ECSS-E-30 Part 4A – Mechanical – Part 4: Environmental control and life support (5 August 2005)
  19. ECSS-E-30 Part 5.1A: Mechanical – Part 5.1: Liquid and electric propulsion for spacecraft (2 April 2002)
  20. ECSS-E-30 Part 6A – Mechanical — Part 6: Pyrotechnics (25 April 2000)
  21. ECSS-E-30 Part 7A – Mechanical – Part 7: Mechanical parts (25 April 2000)
  22. ECSS-E-30 Part 8A – Mechanical – Part 8: Materials (25 April 2000)
  23. ECSS-E-30-01A Fracture control (13 April 1999)
  24. ECSS-E-30-11A – Modal survey assessment ECSS (20 September 2005)
  25. ECSS-E-33-11A – Explosive systems and devices (17 April 2008)
  26. ECSS-E-40 Part 1B: Space engineering – Software – Part 1: Principles and requirements (28 November 2003)
  27. ECSS-E-40 Part 2B: Software – Part 2: Document requirements definitions (DRDs) (31 March 2005)
  28. ECSS-E-40A – Software (13 April 1999)
  29. ECSS-E-50 Part 1A: Communications – Part 1: Principles and operations (20 October 2003)
  30. ECSS-E-50 Part 2A – Communications – Part 2: Document requirements definitions (DRDs) (4 July 2005)
  31. ECSS-E-50-01A – Space data links – Telemetry synchronization and channel coding (6 November 2007)
  32. ECSS-E-50-02A – Ranging and Doppler tracking (24 November 2005)
  33. ECSS-E-50-03A – Space data links – Telemetry transfer frame protocol (6 November 2007)
  34. ECSS-E-50-04A – Space data links – Telecommand protocols, synchronization and channel coding (14 November 2007)
  35. ECSS-E-50-05A – Radio frequency and modulation (24 January 2003)
  36. ECSS-E-50-12A – SpaceWire – Links, nodes, routers and networks (24 January 2003)
  37. ECSS-E-50-14A: Space engineering – Spacecraft discrete interfaces (19 December 2007)
  38. ECSS-E-60A: Space engineering – Control engineering (14 September 2004)
  39. ECSS-E-70 Part 1A Ground systems and operations – Part 1: Principles and requirements (25 April 2000)
  40. ECSS-E-70 Part 2A Ground systems and operations – Part 2: Document requirements definitions (DRDs) (24 April 2000)
  41. ECSS-E-70-11A – Space segment operability (5 August 2005)
  42. ECSS-E-70-31A – Ground systems and operations – Monitoring and control data definition (9 October 2007)
  43. ECSS-E-70-32A – Test and operations procedure language (24 April 2006)
  44. ECSS-E-70-41A – Ground systems and operations – Telemetry and telecommand packet utilization (30 January 2003)
  45. ECSS-E-AS-50-21C – Adoption Notice of CCSDS 131.0-B-3, TM Synchronization and Channel Coding (1 March 2021)
  46. ECSS-E-AS-50-22C – Adoption Notice of CCSDS 132.0-B-2, TM Space Data Link Protocol (1 March 2021)
  47. ECSS-E-AS-50-23C – Adoption Notice of CCSDS 732.0-B-3, AOS Space Data Link Protocol (1 March 2021)
  48. ECSS-E-AS-50-24C – Adoption Notice of CCSDS 231.0-B-3, TC Synchronization and Channel Coding (1 March 2021)
  49. ECSS-E-AS-50-25C – Adoption Notice of CCSDS 232.0-B-3, TC Space Data Link Protocol (1 March 2021)
  50. ECSS-E-ST-10-02C – Verification (6 March 2009)
  51. ECSS-E-ST-10C – System engineering general requirements (6 March 2009)
  52. ECSS-E-ST-20-06C – Spacecraft charging (31 July 2008)
  53. ECSS-E-ST-20-07C – Electromagnetic compatibility (31 July 2008)
  54. ECSS-E-ST-20-07C Rev.1 – Electromagnetic compatibility (7 February 2012)
  55. ECSS-E-ST-20-08C – Photovoltaic assemblies and components (31 July 2008)
  56. ECSS-E-ST-20-08C Rev.1 – Photovoltaic assemblies and components (18 July 2012)
  57. ECSS-E-ST-20C – Electrical and electronic (31 July 2008)
  58. ECSS-E-ST-20C Rev.1 – Electrical and electronic (15 October 2019)
  59. ECSS-E-ST-31-02C – Two-phase heat transport equipment (12 December 2012)
  60. ECSS-E-ST-32-01C – Fracture control (15 November 2008)
  61. ECSS-E-ST-32-01C Rev.1 – Fracture control (6 March 2009)
  62. ECSS-E-ST-32-02C – Structural design and verification of pressurized hardware (31 July 2008)
  63. ECSS-E-ST-32-08C – Materials
  64. ECSS-E-ST-32-10C – Reliability based mechanical factors of safety (31 July 2008)
  65. ECSS-E-ST-32-10C Rev.1 – Structural factors of safety for spaceflight hardware (6 March 2009)
  66. ECSS-E-ST-32-10C Rev.2 – Structural factors of safety for spaceflight hardware (15 May 2019)
  67. ECSS-E-ST-32C – Structural general requirements (31 July 2008)
  68. ECSS-E-ST-33-01C – Mechanisms (6 March 2009)
  69. ECSS-E-ST-33-01C Rev.1 – Mechanisms (15 February 2017)
  70. ECSS-E-ST-33-11C – Explosive systems and devices (31 July 2008)
  71. ECSS-E-ST-35-06C – Cleanliness requirements for spacecraft propulsion components, subsystems and systems
  72. ECSS-E-ST-35-06C Rev.1 – Cleanliness requirements for spacecraft propulsion hardware (15 November 2008)
  73. ECSS-E-ST-35C – Propulsion general requirements (15 November 2008)
  74. ECSS-E-ST-50-01C – Space data links – Telemetry synchronization and channel coding (31 July 2008)
  75. ECSS-E-ST-50-03C – Space data links – Telemetry transfer frame protocol (31 July 2008)
  76. ECSS-E-ST-50-04C – Space data links – Telecommand protocols, synchronization and channel coding (31 July 2008)
  77. ECSS-E-ST-50-05C – Radio frequency and modulation (31 July 2008)
  78. ECSS-E-ST-50-05C Rev.1 – Radio frequency and modulation (6 March 2009)
  79. ECSS-E-ST-50-12C – SpaceWire – Links, nodes, routers and networks (31 July 2008)
  80. ECSS-E-ST-50C – Communications (31 July 2008)
  81. ECSS-E-ST-60-20C – Star sensor terminology and performance specification
  82. ECSS-E-ST-60-20C Rev.1 – Star sensor terminology and performance specification (15 November 2008)