本标准建立了测试方法，用于确定地面支持设备（GSE）和其他设施硬件在暴露于KSC发射前和发射条件特有的自然和诱导环境时的功能。本文包含的试验方法规定了实验室可获得的条件，该条件将给出与实际使用条件类似的试验结果。本标准为详细试验程序的编制和设计规范环境试验部分的编制提供了指南。本标准提供了适用于符合KSC-STD-G-0003的部件鉴定的环境试验方法。

This standard establishes test methods for determining the capability of ground support equipment (GSE) and other facility hardware to function when exposed to the natural and induced environments peculiar to the prelaunch and launch conditions at KSC. The test methods contained herein specify conditions obtainable in the laboratory that will give test results similar to actual service conditions.This standard provides guidelines for the preparation of detailed test procedures and for the preparation of the environmental test portions of design specifications. This standard provides the environmental test methods that are applicable for qualifications of components in accordance with KSC-STD-G-0003.