Developing solid Product Assurance Plans for bids and project start-ups — when the team has weeks, not months

by Bernhard Bals | Jun 8, 2026

Space Developing solid Product Assurance Plans for bids and project start-ups — when the team has weeks, not months Project details Customer: Various Customers Branch: Space Service Period: since 2016 The challenge Across many space companies, the same pattern appears...

Carrying a New Space infrared payload for wildfire detection from SRR to PDR — under Canadian Space Agency expectations

by Bernhard Bals | Jun 8, 2026

Space Carrying a New Space infrared payload for wildfire detection from SRR to PDR — under Canadian Space Agency expectations. Project details Customer: OroraTech GmbH Branch: Space Service period: 04/2025 – 04/2026 The challenge A New Space engineering team was...

Carrying preliminary design through ECSS Product Assurance — for an ESA Earth observation mission

by Bernhard Bals | Aug 2, 2024

Space Product Assurance in line with ECSS The challenge My customer in Munich was responsible for developing the deployable antenna system (LDRS) for ESA’s Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR). During the preliminary design phase, it was necessary to...

From a blank whiteboard to an ECSS-ready Product Assurance organisation — for an ESA Earth observation mission

by CM | Nov 7, 2023

client project Establishment of a product safety organization Initial situation My client in the Munich area commissioned me to set up a product assurance organization for the development of a satellite component for an ESA satellite mission. Cooperation I have...