MIL-STD-1540 Product Verification Requirements For, Launch, Upper Stage, And Space VehiclesThis standard establishes the environmental and structural ground testing requirements for launch vehicles, upper-stage vehicles, space vehicles, and for their subsystems and units.

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Potential Failure Mechanism

Primary Acceptance Tests To Precipitate Failure

Mechanism

Functional

Wear-in

Vibration

or Acoustic

Shock

Thermal

Cycle

Thermal

Vacuum

Leakage

Proof

Pressure

Proof Load

E M E

*  Parameter Drift

x

x

x

x

*  Electrical lntermittants

-  Solder Joints

-  Loose Wires

-  Connectors

x

x

x

x

x

x

*  Latent Defective Parts

x

x

x

x

x

*  Parts Shorting

x

*  Chafed/Pinched Wires

x

x

*  Adjacent Circuit Board Contact

x

x

*  Parameters Changing Due to

Deflections

x

x

x

x

*  Loose Hardware

x

x

x

*  Moving Parts Binding

x

x

*  Leaky Gaskets/Seals

x

x

x

x

*  Lubricants Changing

Characteristics

x

x

x

*  Material Embrittlement

x

x

x

*  Outgassing/Contamination

x

x

x

*  Degradation of Electrical or

Thermal lnsulation

x

x

*  Corona Discharge/Arcing

x

x

*  Defective Pressure Vessels

x

*  Structural Defects

x

*  Defective Wiring

x

x

*  Defective Tubing

x