Touching Space: Distributed Ledger Technology for Tracking and Tracing Certificates

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2023-01-03
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Moriggl, Pascal
Asprion, Petra
Schneider, Bettina
Scherb, Christopher
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Components built into space vehicles and equipment (space products) must meet different regulatory requirements; in detail, each component must be certified and sustainably traceable at all times. Space engineers have expressed the need for an interoperable system to collect, manage and route certifications for components, parts and materials that go into space products. The lack of a unified approach in the European space industry is a challenge for companies involved in product development. This research proposes an open-source, secure, fast and distributed ledger technology (DLT) based solution that fits into any IT environment and is well adapted to the needs of manufacturing companies in the space sector. The results show that a blockchain-based solution based on 'Hyperledger Fabric' combined with the InterPlanetary File System is viable. The results can guide other researchers and practitioners to consider DLTs when changing their certification management paradigm with suppliers, customers and auditors.
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Platform Ecosystems in Production and Logistics: Technologies, Business Models, and Data-Driven Artifacts, component certificates, distributed ledger technology, hyperledger fabric, interplanetary file system, space industry, track and trace
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Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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