EN16603-50-11:2020isaEuropeanSpaceStandard(ECSS)documenttitled"Spaceengineering:Fibreoptictechnologyforspaceapplications."Itprovidesguidelinesandrequirementsfortheuseoffibreopticsystemsinspacemissions,includingaspectssuchasdesign,testing,andimplementation.Foraerospaceengineers,thisstandardiscriticalwhendesigningandintegratinghigh-speedseriallinks,suchasthoseusedindatacommunicationsystemsonboardspacecraft.Theselinksoftenutilizefibreopticstoachieveultra-high-speeddatatransmissionwithadvantageslikeimmunitytoelectromagneticinterference,lowmass,andhighbandwidth.Keytopicscoveredinthestandardinclude:-Fibreopticcomponentselectionandqualificationforspaceenvironments.-Testingproceduresforreliabilityunderconditionslikeradiation,thermalcycling,andvacuum.-Requirementsforconnectors,cables,andtransceivers.-Designconsiderationsforsignalintegrityanddataratesinseriallinks.Ultra-high-speedseriallinks,asaddressedinthiscontext,areessentialforapplicationssuchassatellitepayloaddatahandling,inter-satellitelinks,andonboardprocessingsystems.Thestandardensuresthatfibreoptictechnologymeetstherigorousdemandsofspacemissions,includinglongevity,performance,andresilience.Fordetailedtechnicalspecifications,alwaysrefertothefullECSSdocumentEN16603-50-11:2020.
