The purpose of this document is to show the approach planned for inserting Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) electronics boards into space flight hardware. The language used herein indicates an insertion philosophy and strategy rather than requirements. This is due to quality and reliability control limitations inherent in COTS hardware. This document does not intend to cover the requirements for qualifying custom designed or custom-built hardware where a much more quantifiable requirement set applies. Thermal, electrical, contamination, mechanical, and radiation issues are discussed. Where possible, lessons learned from the insertion process are included.

This document serves to present a COTS boards insertion methodology and plan and does not directly include procedures, test results and status information. References are made, where possible, to controlled documents that provide this additional information.