Software Engineering Guidelines for the Telecom Applications Projects

The purpose of this document is to describe the software engineering processes which apply to projects in the User Segment area supported by ESA in the frame of the different elements of the ARTES Programme. The document is directly derived from the ECSS 40 Part 1B "Space engineering - Software - Part 1: Principles and requirements". ECSS standards have been developed through a partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA), national space agencies and European industries. ECSS standards make maximum use of existing and commonly used international standards, e.g. MIL, ISO, CEN, IEC and are recognised internationally.