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Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) System Level Requirements for Space Vehicles

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MSFC-STD-3790
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MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center
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1.1 INTRODUCTION
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is essential to the success of any space vehicle designs that incorporates a complex assortment of electronic, electrical, and electromechanical systems and subsystems that is expected to meet operational and performance requirements while exposed to a changing set of electromagnetic environments composed of both man-made and naturally occurring threats. The combined aspects of these environments are known as Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3). The attainment of EMC is accomplished through the application of sound engineering principles and practices that enable a complex vehicle to operate successfully when exposed to the effects of its expected and/or specified electromagnetic environments (including the effects generated by visiting vehicles).
The NASA Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for this document is the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Engineering Directorate (ED), ES31, Electromagnetic Effects discipline lead organization.
1.2 PURPOSE
The purpose of this requirements document is to define a common set of electromagnetic design, control, test, and verification for each of the various space vehicles.
This is a generic E3 requirements document that is intended to be used by space vehicles. This document provides the E3 requirements needed to achieve EMC with respect to both the external electromagnetic environment and the induced electromagnetic environments.
1.3 SCOPE
This document provides detailed E3 requirements and associated verification activities applicable to a space vehicle. The program utilizing this Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) standard is responsible for decomposing the pertinent requirements onto the element subsystem and component level based on the element’s specific configuration to produce a compatible vehicle.
Keywords
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); electromagnetic environmental effects (E3); requirement; vehicle system; system level requirement; vehicle; test level
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