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Ref : CM-DFH4-2014-1
BEAZLEY Issue : 1

DFH 4 Series Spacecraft Date : 28 Sept 2014
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5.2 PROGRAMMATIC ASPECTS
In this section, the 2014 Insurance presentation will be reviewed and observation / comment / recommendation and
assessment will be provided based on the information available (REF1 to REF6), also some generic comments based on
experience and not presented in the readings will be discussed. This section is common to the four spacecrafts under
consideration. Several flags have been raised because the author of this document does not have experience with CAST,
may be BEAZLEY does have more insight and can withdraw several items.

Topic Observation Comment /Assessment Cri

 It is not clear if the proposed spacecraft and  Is it a “what you see is what you get” approach
mainly the payload correspond to a real need or a “classic” contract?
with a contract with the final customer with
closes on delivery date, in orbit performances
 Approval right for the main milestones. What
is the penalty scheme that they intend to put in
place and the payment plan (interconnected .
with an agreed achievement for each milestone
Customer subject to payment.
satisfaction  Is the final customer involved in the program  To be clarified.
(from design / test / delivery)
 Are the company / team in charge to operate  To be clarified.
the satellite involved in the design /
performances of the spacecraft?
 What are the customer approval rights?  To be clarified.
 What is the visibility given to the Customer on
similar design/equipment embarked on other
satellite and belonging to other Customers
 Despite the fact that it is stated that they are  To be clarified
ISO certified, it is not clear what is the size of
the quality organization, what is the reporting
line (independency), how they control internal
Quality to China and external suppliers ...
 What is the official language of the program  If it is Chinese, it will be difficult to do Inquiries
 What is the visibility and rights they have to (including brokers).
control the quality on their subcontractors in
China and outside China

Program  Unclear what is the team size for each project?  Need further details on the responsibility of each
team member and on their reporting line
Management Do they have a management plan? Is the  It seems that key people are working on multiple
technical support dedicated to one program or
multi programs? projects (the program manager on Laosat who is
also Chief designer on China sat, it is also the
case for the Program manager of Chinasat 9A
who is also the program manager of Chinasat 18
etc.. Their project organization and the
difficulties for them to present project dedicated
person raises doubt on how they will be able to
manage all these programs simultaneously
520 persons are developing in 2014, 2 satellite  To be clarified.. How the personnel is split
Technical based on DFH 4 bus generation, 2 are under between the various program will work. How
Human development with the DFH 4 S bus and they the conflict between the programs (facilities,
are designing the new generation of bus DFH 4 people, HW) are resolved and by whom. Will

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