ISO 16458:2004 宇宙システム—無人宇宙船輸送—一般要件 | ページ 2

Foreword

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ISO 16458 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 20, Aircraft and space vehicles, Subcommittee SC 14, Space systems and operations.

Introduction

International cooperation in space system design and operation determines how a spacecraft (SC) and its hardware are transported, such as

• transportation of special hardware for setup and operation of the SC from other countries;
• transportation of the SC with hardware for integration with the launch vehicles.

To ensure that the problems of ground transportation of the SC and its hardware will not hinder the development of international cooperation

• transportation should not require excessive or unusual preparation of the SC and its hardware, and
• transportation should be based on the available civilian or military transport facilities.

It would be ideal to develop international transportation requirements for all SC and all types of transportation modes. However, development of such requirements for all areas and all SC of other countries is difficult; so the following general requirements should be established initially:

• the environment for the SC transportation;
• the loads from all transportation modes;
• the rules for the SC loading, transportation, and unloading.

This International Standard contains a list of requirements for different types of transport (rail, road, air, and water).

1 Scope

This International Standard is applicable to unmanned spacecraft and their supporting hardware including science instrument and payloads. It establishes the requirements for transportation by rail, road, air, and water and as a part of a launch vehicle and establishes the requirements for special containers and loading/unloading operations meant to safeguard unmanned spacecraft and their supporting hardware during transportation.

This International Standard is intended to be applied in international transportation. It may also be used in national transportation.

2 Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.