AFSPCI13-611 — Satellite Reliability Engineering Assessment (rea)

AFSPCI13-611 governs satellite constellation Reliability Engineering Assessments and reliability parameter lists for Air Force Space Command missions.

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  • Publication number: AFSPCI13-611
  • Title: SATELLITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT (REA)
  • Date: 2018-05-16

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AFSPCI13-611 covers mission areas, roles, the satellite reliability engineering process, assessment inputs, assessments, and distribution. It requires compliance, defines applicability and exclusions, and addresses waivers, supplements, and records.

Applies to: It applies to Headquarters, Air Force Space Command (HQ AFSPC), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and supporting agencies.

Topics covered

  • Satellite reliability engineering assessments
  • Reliability parameter lists
  • Satellite mission areas
  • Mission resilience analyses
  • Reliability Engineering Working Group
  • Assessment distribution

Questions and answers

What are Reliability Engineering Assessments used for?

Reliability Engineering Assessments (REA) serve as the engineering baseline for subsequent mission resilience analyses in contested, degraded, and operationally limited environments and to support the HQ AFSPC planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) process.

Which mission areas are required to produce REAs?

The current HQ AFSPC mission areas required to produce REAs are: Positioning Navigation and Timing (PNT), Missile Warning (strategic and theater), Protected/Polar Communications, Environmental Monitoring, and Wideband Communications.

Can supplements reduce the requirements of AFSPCI13-611?

Supplements will not lessen the requirements nor change the basic content or intent of this instruction.

What does AFSPCI13-611 require HQ AFSPC to model?

HQ AFSPC will model mission area capabilities based on design and actual reliability parameters.

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