DR&PAP Design Rules and Product Assurance Processes for future telecom

In this context the design and quality rules shall evolve taking inspiration on other industrial sectors, and in line with the level of quality space sector requires. On the design rules, approaches consists in evaluating the impacts of margin accumulation, the real uncertainties issued from flight experience and the validation approach where the research of envelop and accumulation of aggression can be detrimental to design and costs.

On quality side, component selection approach is probably the most promising area of cost reduction with possibility to use COTS components produced for automotive/transport and aerospace sectors. The space sector needs progressively to modify parts selection techniques, while guarantying an adequate level of reliability and availability for satellite constellations. This approach cannot be separated from radiation hardening techniques, specific from space applications and necessary to launch into space ground product such as 3E COTS.