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Approved Documents
Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) Ancillary Data (Panel 1) RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) racking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) Administration (Management Council)
Technical Corrigenda
Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) Ancillary Data (Panel 1) RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) Tracking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) Administration (Management Council)
Review Documents
Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) Ancillary Data (Panel 1) RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) Tracking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) Administration (Management Council)
Superseded Documents
Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) Ancillary Data (Panel 1) RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) Tracking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) Administration (Management Council)
Obsolete (Withdrawn) Documents
Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) Ancillary Data (Panel 1) RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) Tracking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) Administration (Management Council)

Approved Documents

Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 100.0-G-1: Telemetry Summary of Concept and Rationale. Green Book. Issue 1. December 1987. This Technical Report presents the conceptual framework and rationale for the CCSDS Telemetry System. It provides background information supporting the two CCSDS technical Recommendations for Telemetry, Telemetry Channel Coding (CCSDS 101.0-B-5) and Packet Telemetry (CCSDS 102.0-B-5). CCSDS 101.0-B-5: Telemetry Channel Coding. Blue Book. Issue 5. June 2001. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 11754. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 11754:1994. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the coding schemes used on spacecraft telemetry streams. The telemetry channel coding concept described is the baseline concept for spacecraft-to-ground data communication within missions that are cross supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. The current issue corrects misleading encoder diagrams, adds options to help near-earth users, and specifies maximum frame lengths. CCSDS 102.0-B-5: Packet Telemetry. Blue Book. Issue 5. November 2000. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 13419. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 13419:1997. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the data structures of spacecraft telemetry streams. The Packet Telemetry concept described is the baseline concept for spacecraft-to-ground data communication within missions that are cross supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. In this update to CCSDS 102.0-B-4 (the previous issue), the option of Source Packet Segmentation has been removed. specifications were added that allow the CCSDS Version-1 Telemetry Transfer Frame to be used to transport other types of packets in addition to CCSDS Version-1 Packets, including CCSDS Network Protocol (NP) Packets and Internet Protocol (IP) packets. This enhanced functionality is added to the Transfer Frame through the introduction of a standardized approach to interpreting the packet version number field. The format of the Transfer Frame is not changed. CCSDS 103.0-B-2: Packet Telemetry Service Specification. Blue Book. Issue 2. June 2001. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 17433. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 17433:2001. This Recommendation defines the services of a packet telemetry system. To do so, it establishes a layered model of Packet Telemetry protocols and defines Packet Telemetry Services by specifying the behavior at the service interfaces to each layer. The current issue adds specifications that allow the CCSDS Version-1 Telemetry Transfer Frame to be used to transport other types of packets in addition to CCSDS Version-1 Packets, including CCSDS Network Protocol (NP) Packets and Internet Protocol (IP) packets. This enhanced functionality is added to the Transfer Frame through the introduction of a standardized approach to interpreting the packet version number field. The format of the Transfer Frame is not changed. CCSDS 120.0-G-1: Lossless Data Compression. Green Book. Issue 1. May 1997. This Technical Report presents a summary of the key operational concepts and rationale underlying the requirements for the CCSDS Recommendation, Lossless Data Compression. Supporting performance information along with illustrations are also included. This Technical Report also provides a broad tutorial overview of the CCSDS Lossless Data Compression algorithm and is aimed at helping first-time readers to understand the Recommendation. CCSDS 121.0-B-1: Lossless Data Compression. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1997. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15887:2000. This Recommendation defines a source-coding data-compression algorithm and specifies how data compressed using the algorithm are inserted into source packets for retrieval and decoding. CCSDS 130.0-G-1: Overview of Space Link Protocols. Green Book. Issue 1. June 2001. This Technical Report provides an architectural overview of the space link protocols recommended by CCSDS and shows how these protocols are used in space mission data systems. _ CCSDS 135.0-B-1: Space Link Identifiers. Blue Book. Issue 1. January 2002. This Recommendation documents the identifiers that are defined or reserved by CCSDS as part of the specification of the CCSDS space link protocols, and it shows how these identifiers are managed at the CCSDS level. Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 200.0-G-6: Telecommand Summary of Concept and Service. Green Book. Issue 6. January 1987. In order to establish a common framework within which the Agencies may develop standardized telecommand services, the CCSDS advocates adoption of a layered systems architecture. Within this approach, specific layers of service (including their operational protocol and data structuring techniques) may be selected for implementation according to mission requirements. The current layered set of CCSDS telecommand Recommendations was developed to match the conventional free-flying mission environment, as characterized by the transmission of command data at relatively low uplink data rates to spacecraft of moderate complexity. This Technical Report summarizes the principal concepts associated with the CCSDS recommended space mission telecommanding architecture. CCSDS 201.0-B-3: Telecommand Part 1 -- Channel Service. Blue Book. Issue 3. June 2000. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 12171. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12171:1998. This Recommendation was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the lowest telecommand system layers. In this update to CCSDS 201.0-B-2, that simplifies the protocol by recommending a single standard codeblock length. The recommended length is the longest and most efficient (64 bits) of the options allowed in previous issues of the Blue Book. This update was prompted by industry suggestion that offering four codeblock sizes unnecessarily complicates the protocol, increases costs, and offers no benefit except possibly to accommodate some legacy missions. CCSDS 202.0-B-3: Telecommand Part 2 -- Data Routing Service. Blue Book. Issue 3. June 2001. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12172:1998. This Recommendation for Telecommand Data Routing Service was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the intermediate telecommand system layers. The current issue adds specifications that allow the CCSDS Version-1 Telecommand Transfer Frame to be used to transport other types of packets in addition to CCSDS Version-1 Telecommand Packets, including CCSDS Network Protocol (NP) Packets and Internet Protocol (IP) packets. This enhanced functionality is added to the Transfer Frame through the introduction of a standardized approach to interpreting the packet version number field. The format of the Transfer Frame is not changed from the previous issue. CCSDS 202.1-B-1: Telecommand Part 2.1 -- Command Operation Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 2. June 2001. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12173:1998. The Command Operation Procedure forms a subpart of the Data Routing Service, which is described in CCSDS 202.0-B-3. This Recommendation contains the definition of the Command Operation Procedure in the form of state tables at the level of detail necessary to allow cross support. The current issue clarifies and improves the specification based on experience with real implementations. CCSDS 203.0-B-2: Telecommand Part 3 -- Data Management Service. Blue Book. Issue 2. June 2001. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 12174. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12174:1998. This Recommendation was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the highest telecommand layers. The current issue adds specifications that allow the CCSDS Version-1 Telecommand Transfer Frame to be used to transport other types of packets in addition to CCSDS Version-1 Telecommand Packets, including CCSDS Network Protocol (NP) Packets and Internet Protocol (IP) packets. This enhanced functionality is added to the Transfer Frame through the introduction of a standardized approach to interpreting the packet version number field. The format of the Transfer Frame is not changed from the previous issue. Ancillary Data Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 301.0-B-3: Time Code Formats. Blue Book. Issue 3. January 2002. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 11104:1991. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the formats of time code data. This issue increases the resolution of the CCSDS Day Segmented (CDS) time code format by adding an option to specify picoseconds of milliseconds. In the (previous issue, April 1990) only microseconds of milliseconds can be specified. Additionally, some text has been reworded for greater clarity. CCSDS 320.0-B-3: CCSDS Global Spacecraft Identification Field Code Assignment Control Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 3. April 2003. This procedural Recommendation establishes control procedures for Spacecraft Identification (SCID) codes. As such, it defines the procedure governing assignment, use, relinquishment, and management of SCIDs. This Recommendation also provides a list of the CCSDS Agencies' Representatives as of the date of this document and a form for requesting and relinquishing SCIDs. This update to CCSDS 320.0-B-2, November 1998 contains updates to the request form, references, and Agency Representative information. CCSDS 350.0-G-1: The Application of CCSDS Protocols to Secure Systems. Green Book. Issue 1. March 1999. This Technical Report is intended to provide guidance to missions that wish to use the CCSDS Recommendations for spacecraft control and data handling but also require a level of security or data protection. The report provides background information on security, details various options for security implementation in space missions, and outlines the impact of security on defined CCSDS services. RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 2003-03. March 2003. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. The current version includes all updates approved by the CCSDS Management Council through March 2003. CCSDS 411.0-G-3: Radio Frequency and Modulation -- Part 1: Earth Stations. Green Book. Issue 3. May 1997. This Technical Report contains specific Radio Frequency and Modulation characteristics of the spacecraft tracking and data-capture networks operated by the CCSDS Agencies. It is intended as a high-level compendium of information for use by flight projects and others wishing to ensure compatibility with these Agencies' tracking and data-collection facilities. This document replaces CCSDS 411.0-G-2. CCSDS 412.0-G-1: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Spacecraft-Earth Station Compatibility Test Procedures. Green Book. Issue 1. May 1992. This document is a CCSDS Technical Report that contains explanatory material to supplement and clarify information contained in CCSDS 401-B. In particular, this Report contains the procedures to be used in implementing Recommendation 401 (3.5.1) B-1, "Minimum Set of Spacecraft - Earth Station Tests Required to Ensure Compatibility." Tracking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) CCSDS 500.0-G-1: Navigation Data - Definitions and Conventions. Green Book. Issue 1. June 2001. This Technical Report establishes a common understanding for the exchange of spacecraft navigation data. Types of navigation data exchanged, and discussed in this document, include: properties and measurements of spacecraft dynamics; ground station information; environmental models; radiometric data. CCSDS 501.0-B-1: Radio Metric and Orbit Data. Blue Book. Issue 1. January 1987. (Reconfirmed May 1994.) This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 11103:1991. The topic areas covered in this Recommendation include radio metric data, spacecraft orbital elements, solar system ephemeris, tracking station locations, astrometric data, reference systems, astrodynamic constants, and spacecraft dynamics parameters. It deals explicitly with the technical definitions and conventions associated with inter-Agency cross support situations involving the transfer of orbital elements and ground-based conventional radio metric data, i.e., Doppler and range. Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) CCSDS 610.0-G-5: Space Data Systems Operations with Standard Formatted Data Units: System and Implementation Aspects. Green Book. Issue 5. February 1987. This Technical Report concerns space data systems operations with Standard Formatted Data Units (SFDUs). It explains the rationale for operations with SFDUs, the initial operational requirements for SFDUs, and the major benefits to be expected from operations with SFDUs. CCSDS 611.0-Y-1: CCSDS Panel 2 Methodology for Development of Recommendations. Yellow Book. Issue 1. June 1998. This Administrative Report describes the methodology adopted by CCSDS Panel 2 for the development of Recommendations. It serves as a guide for CCSDS Panel 2 members as they develop Recommendations in the area of Information Interchange and will provide insight into the techniques and approaches used by CCSDS Panel 2 in its development activity. CCSDS 620.0-B-2.1: Standard Formatted Data Units -- Structure and Construction Rules (with Technical Corrigendum 1). Blue Book. Issue 2. November 1996. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12175:1994. This Recommendation defines Standard Formatted Data Unit (SFDU) structures that will handle some of the problems of digital data interchange and several construction rules that will limit the SFDUs to a practical set that can exist in an open data system environment. This document updated CCSDS 620.0-B-2, May 1992 which is essentially the same document without updates from CCSDS 620.0-B-2 Cor. 1, November 1996 applied. CCSDS 621.0-G-1: Standard Formatted Data Units -- A Tutorial. Green Book. Issue 1. May 1992. This Technical Report explains the rationale of the Standard Formatted Data Unit (SFDU) concept and outlines the Structure and Construction Rules with the help of examples. It supports the main SFDU Recommendation, CCSDS 620.0-B-2. CCSDS 622.0-B-1: Standard Formatted Data Units - Referencing Environment. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1997. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15888:2000. This Recommendation extends the standardization of the Standard Formatted Data Unit (SFDU) concept in support of the digital transfer of space-related information. This Recommendation defines valid CCSDS Referencing Environments and provides syntax specifications for expressing file names within those Referencing Environments. CCSDS 630.0-B-1: Standard Formatted Data Units -- Control Authority Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 1. June 1993. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 13764:1996. This Recommendation defines the responsibilities that must be assumed and the services that must be provided by the participating CCSDS Agencies in order to facilitate the creation and operation of the Control Authority organization. The primary function of this organization is to register and disseminate data description information. CCSDS 631.0-G-2: Standard Formatted Data Units -- Control Authority Procedures Tutorial. Green Book. Issue 2. November 1994. This Technical Report describes the Control Authority (CA) organization from both an implementer's and a user's perspective. This document serves as a companion document to CCSDS 630.0-B-1, and as such, is intended to provide a tutorial for the procedures and services identified in the Control Authority Procedures Recommendation, background to assist in the effective implementation of the Control Authority Procedures Recommendation, and rationale and requirements for the Control Authority organization. It also serves as a companion to CCSDS 632.0-B-1, and as such, is intended to provide a tutorial on the use of the Control Authority Data Structures. CCSDS 632.0-B-1: Standard Formatted Data Units -- Control Authority Data Structures. Blue Book. Issue 1. November 1994. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15395:1998. This Recommendation defines the data structures used by the Control Authority Organization for registering, revising, and disseminating data descriptions. CCSDS 641.0-B-2: Parameter Value Language Specification (CCSD0006 and CCSDS0008). Blue Book. Issue 2. June 2000. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 14961:1997. This Recommendation defines the Parameter Value Language (PVL), which provides a human-readable, machine-processable language for naming and expressing data values. CCSDS 641.0-G-2: Parameter Value Language -- A Tutorial. Green Book. Issue 2. June 2000. This Technical Report describes the Parameter Value Language (PVL) and provides a description of how and why one would use this language for information interchange. CCSDS 642.1-G-1: Language Usage in Information Interchange Tutorial. Green Book. Issue 1. October 1989. This Technical Report is a tutorial on the use of languages for descriptive purposes in information interchange. It discusses some of the challenges involved in the interchange of information in the international space community. It assumes the use of the Standard Formatted Data Unit (SFDU) as a methodology for information interchange. CCSDS 643.0-B-1: ASCII Encoded English (CCSD0002). Blue Book. Issue 1. November 1992. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 14962:1997. This Recommendation defines the usage of ASCII Encoded English and its representation as a data description language. CCSDS 644.0-B-2: The Data Description Language EAST Specification (CCSD0010). Blue Book. Issue 2. November 2000. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15889:2000. This Recommendation defines the EAST language used to create descriptions of data, called Data Description Records (DDRs). Such DDRs ensure a complete and exact understanding of the data and allow it to be interpreted in an automated fashion. A software tool is able to analyze a DDR, interpret the format of the associated data, and extract values from the data on any host machine (i.e., on a different machine from the one that produced the data). CCSDS 645.0-G-1: The Data Description Language EAST - A Tutorial. Green Book. Issue 1. May 1997. This Technical Report contains rationale and explanatory material for the data description language EAST. This document explains the description capabilities of EAST and provides examples and justifications of syntactic rules. CCSDS 646.0-G-1: The Data Description Language EAST - List of Conventions. Green Book. Issue 1. May 1997. This Technical Report establishes an evolving list of conventions used in the data generation process to produce real numbers. These conventions are referenced in EAST Data Descriptions (see CCSDS 644.0-B-1) and could be referenced in other Data Description Records (DDRs), written in other Data Description Languages (DDLs). CCSDS 647.1-B-1: Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language (DEDSL) - Abstract Syntax (CCSD0011). Blue Book. Issue 1. June 2001. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 21961. This Recommendation provides the abstract definition of the semantic information that is required to be conveyed and presents the specification in a layered manner (attributes, entities, dictionaries). As such the actual technique used to convey the information is independent of the information content; therefore the same abstract standard can be used within different formatting environments, and the semantic information may be translated to different representations as may be needed when data are transferred across different domains. CCSDS 647.2-B-1: Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language (DEDSL) - PVL Syntax (CCSD0012). Blue Book. Issue 1. June 2001. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 21962. This Recommendation provides a standard method to represent the attributes and their values, as defined by the Recommendation for DEDSL - Abstract Syntax, using the Parameter Value Language for the construction and interchange of data entity dictionaries. CCSDS 647.3-B-1: Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language (DEDSL) - XML/DTD Syntax (CCSD0013). Blue Book. Issue 1. January 2002. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 22643. This Recommendation provides a standard method to represent attributes and their values, as has been defined by the Abstract Syntax of the Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language (DEDSL) (CCSDS 647.1-B-1), using the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Document Type Declaration (DTD) for the construction and interchange of data entity dictionaries. CCSDS 650.0-B-1: Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS). Blue Book. Issue 1. January 2002. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 14721:2002. This Recommendation identifies the ISO Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS). An OAIS is an archive, consisting of an organization of people and systems, that has accepted the responsibility to preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community. It meets a set of such responsibilities as defined in this document and this allows an OAIS archive to be distinguished from other uses of the term "archive". The model provides a framework for the understanding and increased awareness of archival concepts needed for long-term digital information preservation and access, and for describing and comparing architectures and operations of existing and future archives. It also guides the identification and production of OAIS related standards. Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 700.0-G-3: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Summary of Concept, Rationale and Performance. Green Book. Issue 3. November 1992. This CCSDS Technical Report contains background and explanatory material to supplement the CCSDS Recommendation, Advanced Orbiting Systems, Network and Data Links: Architectural Specification, 701.0-B-2. CCSDS 701.0-B-3: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Architectural Specification. Blue Book. Issue 3. June 2001. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 13420. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 13420:1997. This Recommendation extends the previous set of CCSDS Recommendations for conventional missions to accommodate extra services needed by Advanced Orbiting Systems. Target Advanced Orbiting Systems include manned and man-tended space stations, unmanned space platforms, free-flying spacecraft, and new space transportation systems, many of which require a richer repertoire of data handling services than are provided by the conventional Recommendations. The current issue adds specifications that allow the CCSDS Version-2 Transfer Frame (AOS VCDU) to be used to transport other types of packets in addition to CCSDS Version-1 Packets (CP_PDUs), including CCSDS Network Protocol (NP) Packets and Internet Protocol (IP) packets. This enhanced functionality is added to the Transfer Frame through the introduction of a standardized approach to interpreting the packet version number field. The format of the Transfer Frame is not changed from the previous issue. CCSDS 713.0-B-1: Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Network Protocol. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1999. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15891:2000. This Recommendation has been adopted as MIL-STD-2045-43000. The four Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) Recommendations define a protocol suite that is parallel in function to, and interoperable with, the protocols of the Earth-based Internet (FTP/TCP/IP). The SCPS protocols have been optimized to overcome problems associated with using Internet protocols in space. CCSDS 713.5-B-1: Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Security Protocol. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1999. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15892:2000. This Recommendation has been adopted as MIL-STD-2045-43001. The four Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) Recommendations define a protocol suite that is parallel in function to, and interoperable with, the protocols of the Earth-based Internet (FTP/TCP/IP). The SCPS protocols have been optimized to overcome problems associated with using Internet protocols in space. CCSDS 714.0-B-1: Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Transport Protocol. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1999. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15893:2000. This Recommendation has been adopted as MIL-STD-2045-44000. The four Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) Recommendations define a protocol suite that is parallel in function to, and interoperable with, the protocols of the Earth-based Internet (FTP/TCP/IP). The SCPS protocols have been optimized to overcome problems associated with using Internet protocols in space. CCSDS 717.0-B-1: Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - File Protocol. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1999. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15894:2000. This Recommendation has been adopted as MIL-STD-2045-47000. The four Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) Recommendations define a protocol suite that is parallel in function to, and interoperable with, the protocols of the Earth-based Internet (FTP/TCP/IP). The SCPS protocols have been optimized to overcome problems associated with using Internet protocols in space. CCSDS 720.1-G-1: CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP)--Part 1: Introduction and Overview. Green Book. Issue 1. January 2002. This Technical Report provides an introduction to the concepts, features and characteristics of the CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP) CCSDS 720.2-G-1: CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP)--Part 2: Implementers Guide. Green Book. Issue 1. January 2002. This Technical Report provides information to assist implementers in understanding the details of the protocol and in the selection of appropriate options, and contains suggestions and recommendations about implementation-specific subjects. This Technical Report also contains implementation reports from various member Agencies, reports on testing of the implementations and protocol, and the requirements upon which the CFDP is based. _ CCSDS 727.0-B-2: CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP). Blue Book. Issue 2. October 2002. Red Book Issue 5 of this Draft Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 17355. This Recommendation defines a protocol suitable for the transmission of files to and from spacecraft data storage and capable of operating in a wide variety of mission configurations, from relatively simple low earth orbit spacecraft to complex arrangements of orbiters and landers supported by multiple ground facilities and transmission links. In addition to the purely file delivery related functions, the protocol includes file management services to allow control over the storage medium. Although the protocol can operate over a wide range of subnetwork services, this Recommendation assumes the use of existing CCSDS packet services. This update reflects the addition of the CFDP extended procedures. Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) CCSDS 910.0-Y-1: Space Link Extension Services - Executive Summary. Yellow Book. Issue 1. April 2002. This Adminstrative Report provides an overview of the Space Link Extension (SLE) Services. It is designed to assist readers with their review of existing and future SLE documentation. CCSDS 910.2-G-1: Standard Terminology, Conventions, and Methodology (TCM) for Defining Data Services. Green Book. Issue 1. November 1994. This Technical Report is a summary of, and cross-reference to, internationally adopted standards for defining data services, and is the result of a study of different data service definition conventions conducted in support of the definition of CCSDS Space Link Extension services. The material contained in the Report is not limited to Space Link Extension services and may be applicable to other data service definition activities of CCSDS and its member Agencies. CCSDS 910.3-G-2: Cross Support Concept - Part 1: Space Link Extension Services. Green Book. Issue 2. April 2002. This Technical Report presents the cross support concept for CCSDS Space Link Extension (SLE) services. It identifies the functional components of the ground-resident portion of a space data system and defines the interface points where agency interoperations may occur. This Technical Report summarizes the technical considerations for all cross support of CCSDS-compliant space data systems. CCSDS 910.4-B-1: Cross Support Reference Model Part 1: Space Link Extension Services. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1996. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15396:1998. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the specification of data services that extend the space-to-ground communication services previously defined by CCSDS. It allows implementing organizations within each agency to proceed coherently with the development of compatible derived standards for the ground systems that are within their cognizance. CCSDS 911.1-B-1: Space Link Extension - Return All Frames Service Specification. Blue Book. Issue 1. April 2002. This Recommendation defines the Space Link Extension (SLE) Return All Frames (RAF) service in conformance with the transfer services specified in Cross Support Reference Model - Part 1: SLE Services (CCSDS 910.4-B-1). CCSDS 912.1-B-1: Space Link Extension - Forward CLTU Service Specification. Blue Book. Issue 1. April 2002. This Recommendation defines the Space Link Extension (SLE) Forward CLTU service in conformance with the transfer services specified in Cross Support Reference Model - Part 1: SLE Services (CCSDS 910.4-B-1). The current issue reflects project experience and responds to comments received from the review of the original issue. Administration (Management Council) CCSDS A00.0-Y-9: Procedures Manual for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems. Yellow Book. Issue 9. November 2003. This Administrative Report is a Procedures Manual which describes the principles and details governing the CCSDS. The document addresses the objectives, organization, participation, operations, and management of CCSDS activities. CCSDS A01.1-Y-1: Strategic Plan of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems. Yellow Book. Issue 1. December 1999. This Administrative Report defines the vision, mission, strategic goals, and domains for standardization for the CCSDS as a whole and for its technical panels. This document is available as a screen resolution color file, a print resolution color file, or a greyscale print resolution. CCSDS A01.2-Y-1: CCSDS Operating Plan for Standards Development. Yellow Book. Issue 1. December 1999. This Administrative Report supplements the Strategic Plan of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems by providing organizational details, plans of work, and strategic themes that outline areas where standardization is needed within the three CCSDS Domains for Standardization identified in the Strategic Plan. CCSDS A10.0-Y-5: Achievements and Products. Yellow Book. Issue 5. April 1995. This Administrative Report presents an overview of the history, functions, achievements, and products of the CCSDS. It includes an annotated listing of panel products and a summary of applications of CCSDS Recommendations by standards organizations and products. CCSDS A10.1-Y-3.1: CCSDS Leaflet Yellow Book. Issue 3.1. May 1997. This Administrative Report is a single two-sided page leaflet which provides a quick overview of the CCSDS. It includes a summary of the CCSDS Organization, Goals and Benefits, the CCSDS End-to-End System, the CCSDS High Level Functional Model, and a list of CCSDS Recommendations. This document is also available on A4 size paper here: CCSDS A12.0-G-1: CCSDS-Related Implementations . Green Book. Issue 1. November 1996. This Technical Report contains a registration of all CCSDS related technical implementations known to the CCSDS Secretariat at the time of publication. CCSDS A20.0-Y-1: CCSDS Publications Manual. Yellow Book. Issue 1. May 1994. This Adminstrative Report defines a set of style specifications intended to standardize the appearance and format of CCSDS publications. It is intended to serve as both a guide for CCSDS document developers and an editorial manual for publishers of CCSDS documents. CCSDS A30.0-G-3: Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems Glossary. Green Book. Issue 3. July 1997. This Technical Report consolidates glossaries provided by the active technical panels of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS). CCSDS A31.0-Y-1: Unique Identification of CCSDS Objects and Services. Yellow Book. Issue 1. June 2000. This Adminstrative Report defines the highest-level CCSDS identifiers available to distinguish among types of CCSDS-defined objects and services at the CCSDS level, and it describes how to construct unique identifiers in the larger context of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) identifiers. CCSDS B20.0-Y-1: Proceedings of the CCSDS RF and Modulation Subpanel 1E on Bandwidth-effi cient Modulations. Yellow Book. Issue 2. June 2001. This Adminstrative Report consists of comparative and technical studies presented at the May 2001 CCSDS Subpanel 1E meeting concerning bandwidth-efficient modulations. These studies were conducted to evaluate existing and new technologies in an effort to improve RF communication channel efficiencies.

Technical Corrigendum Documents

Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) CCSDS 620.0-B-2 COR-1: Standard Formatted Data Units -- Structure and Construction Rules - Technical Corrigendum 1. Technical Corrigendum. Issue 2 - Corrigendum 1. November 1997. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12175:1994. This Corrigendum documents updates for CCSDS 620.0-B-2, May 1992. This updates have been applied in CCSDS 620.0-B-2, November 1996.

Documents Under Review

Warning! Red and Pink Books are Draft Recommendations. Red Books lead up to the first issue of the Recommendation. Pink Books (or Pink Sheets) are proposed updates where a Recomendation already exists. Significant changes may be made between the Red or Pink Book Draft Recommendation and a Blue Book Approved Recommendation. In fact several issues of a Red or Pink Book may be issued, each with significant differences from the other Red Book issues, before the approved Blue Book Recommendation is approved. Red Books and Pink Books are issues for information and review only. Readers should not assume that the final version will match the Red or Pink Books. Readers are particularly cautioned against using Red or Pink Books for product design or contract specification. Draft documents are subject to change, and the draft CCSDS Recommendation referenced here does not necessarily represent consensus technical agreement among the CCSDS Member Agencies. Similarly Draft Green Books are draft versions of CCSDS Reports and may undergo significant revisions before final approval and release. Readers are particularly cautioned against using a Draft Green Book for product design or contract specification. Note: Review instructions and due dates differ for different organizations, and several general organizational categories are defined for each review. Please select the most appropriate link from among those provided. For reviewers who are not formally affiliated with any of the listed categories: non-U.S. reviewers should select "CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA)"; U.S. reviewers should select "NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate." Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 101.0-P-5.1: Telemetry Channel Coding. Pink Sheets. Issue 5.1. April 2002. If approved, this will update the previous issue - CCSDS 101.0-B-5. This Draft Recommendation adds the Reed-Solomon Interleaving depth of 8 and clarifies text in section 6. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 131.0-R-1: TM Synchronization and Channel Coding. Red Book. Issue 1. June 2002. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the synchronization and channel coding schemes to be used by space missions with the Telemetry (TM) or Advanced Orbiting Systems (AOS) Space Data Link Protocol over ground-to-space and space-to-space communications links. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 132.0-R-1: TM Space Data Link Protocol. Red Book. Issue 1. December 2001. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation is one of a set of Recommendations that is the result of restructuring the CCSDS space link protocols to conform to the OSI Basic Reference Model. The restructured Recommendations do not change the major technical content defined in the previous versions that apply to Packet Telemetry, Telecommand, and AOS Networks and Data Links. However, the presentation of the specifications has been changed to specify all CCSDS space link protocols in a unified manner, and allows them to be used to transfer data over any space link in either direction. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 133.0-R-1: Space Packet Protocol. Red Book. Issue 1. December 2001. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation is one of a set of Recommendations that is the result of restructuring the CCSDS space link protocols to conform to the OSI Basic Reference Model. The restructured Recommendations do not change the major technical content defined in the previous versions that apply to Packet Telemetry, Telecommand, and AOS Networks and Data Links. However, the presentation of the specifications has been changed to specify all CCSDS space link protocols in a unified manner, and allows them to be used to transfer data over any space link in either direction. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 133.1-R-1: Encapsulation Service. Red Book. Issue 1. April 2002. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation specifies a communications service to be used by space missions to transfer protocol data units that are not directly transferred by the Space Data Link Protocols over a ground-to-space or space-to-space communications link. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 211.0-R-3.2: Proximity-1 Space Link Protocol. Red Book. Issue 3.2. September 2002. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation defines physical- and data link-layer communications services and protocols for proximity space links. Proximity space links are defined to be short-range, bi-directional, fixed or mobile radio links, generally used to communicate among fixed probes, landers, rovers, orbiting constellations, and orbiting relays. These links are characterized by short time delays, moderate (not weak) signals, and short, independent sessions. The Proximity-1 Recommendation is being developed to support the communications requirements of future planetary missions, particularly those of upcoming Mars missions. The Recommendation is expected also to be applicable to various types of near-Earth missions having requirements for spacecraft-to-spacecraft communications. This issue-3.2 Red Book is intended to be the final draft of the Recommendation for Proximity-1 Space Link Protocol. The current issue incorporates all changes resulting from the three previous reviews of the Red Book, and the CCSDS Agencies are asked to review the document's technical content in advance of a proposed panel resolution requesting approval to publish the document as a CCSDS Blue Book. (The CCSDS Document Editor acknowledges that editorial work remains to be done before the document can be published as a Blue Book.) The only purpose of this final review is to have the agencies verify that all of their previous comments, if any, have been addressed. Please note that the review period is extremely brief. If review of the document in the proposed period presents a hardship to any agency, the responsible panel chair will be advised to delay seeking approval until all agencies have had an opportunity to complete review. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 231.0-R-1: TC Synchronization and Channel Coding. Red Book. Issue 1. June 2002. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the synchronization and channel coding schemes to be used by space missions with the TC Space Data Link Protocol over ground-to-space and space-to-space communications links. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 232.0-R-1: Communications Operation Procedure-1. Red Book. Issue 1. January 2002. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation is one of a set of Recommendations that is the result of restructuring the CCSDS space link protocols to conform to the OSI Basic Reference Model. The restructured Recommendations do not change the major technical content defined in the previous versions that apply to Packet Telemetry, Telecommand, and AOS Networks and Data Links. However, the presentation of the specifications has been changed to specify all CCSDS space link protocols in a unified manner, and allows them to be used to transfer data over any space link in either direction. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 232.1-R-1: Communication Operaton Procedure-1. Red Book. Issue 1. July 2002. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation is intended for use in developing flight and ground systems for space missions. The Communications Operation Procedure-1 (COP-1) described herein is intended for missions that are cross-supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) Tracking and Navigation Systems (Panel 4) CCSDS 502.0-R-3: Orbit Data Messages. Red Book. Issue 3. November 2003. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation specifies a modern spacecraft ephemeris (trajectory) data standard for use in transferring spacecraft orbit information between CCSDS Member Agencies. Two recommended orbit data messages are described: the Orbit Parameter Message (OPM) and the Ephemeris Message (EPM). The two recommended orbit data messages carry the object identification, the coordinate frame center, the coordinate frame identification, and the time system. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 710.0-G-0.3: Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Rationale, Requirements, and Application Notes. Draft Green Book. Issue 0.3. April 1997. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Report. This Draft Report contains background and rationale information in support of the four Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) Draft Recommendations - Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Network Protocol, Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Security Protocol, Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Transport Protocol, and Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - File Protocol. Together these define an upper-layer protocol suite for efficient forward-link and return-link communication services for space-related data and information interchange. Agency comments were due 13 June 1997. CCSDS 711.0-G-0.2: Space Communications Protocol Specification (SCPS) Users Guide (SCPS-UG). Draft Green Book. Issue 0.2. September 1997. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Report. This Draft Report is a users guide supporting the four Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) Draft Recommendations - Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Network Protocol, Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Security Protocol, Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - Transport Protocol, and Space Communication Protocol Specification (SCPS) - File Protocol. Together these define an upper-layer protocol suite for efficient forward-link and return-link communication services for space-related data and information interchange. Agency comments were due 13 September 1998. CCSDS 732.0-R-1: AOS Space Data Link Protocol. Red Book. Issue 1. December 2001. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation is one of a set of Recommendations that is the result of restructuring the CCSDS space link protocols to conform to the OSI Basic Reference Model. The restructured Recommendations do not change the major technical content defined in the previous versions that apply to Packet Telemetry, Telecommand, and AOS Networks and Data Links. However, the presentation of the specifications has been changed to specify all CCSDS space link protocols in a unified manner, and allows them to be used to transfer data over any space link in either direction. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate Cross Support Concepts, Services and Architecture (Panel 3) CCSDS 910.5-R-2: Space Link Extension - Service Management Specification. Red Book. Issue 2. September 2001. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation establishes the common aspects of Service Management for the specification of data services that extend the space to ground communication services previously defined by CCSDS. It provides a common basis for scheduling, monitoring, and controlling SLE transfer services provided by an SLE system to a space mission. It also specifies the management information that is required to provide SLE transfer services, the interfaces that are involved, and the sequencing that is necessary. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 910.7-R-1: Space Link Extension - Service Management - Space Link Physical Data Link Layer Data Objects. Red Book. Issue 1. October 2001. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. Review Forms: CCSDS Agency (excluding NASA) NASA Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA-Sponsored CCSDS Associate CCSDS 911.2-R-1: Space Link Extension - Return Virtual Channel Frames Service Specification. Red Book. Issue 1. November 1997. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation specifies a data service that extends certain of the space-to-ground communications services prviously defined by CCSDS with the framework established by the Cross Support Reference Model - Part 1: SLE Services It allows implementing organizations within each Agency to proceed with the development of compatible, derived Standards for the ground systems that are within their cognizance. Derived Agency Standards may implement only a subset of the optional features allowed and may incorporate features not addressed. CCSDS 912.3-R-1: Space Link Extension - Forward Space Packet Service Specification. Red Book. Issue 1. November 1997. If approved, this will be the first issue of this Recommendation. This Draft Recommendation specifies a data service that extends certain of the space-to-ground communications services prviously defined by CCSDS with the framework established by the Cross Support Reference Model - Part 1: SLE Services It allows implementing organizations within each Agency to proceed with the development of compatible, derived Standards for the ground systems that are within their cognizance. Derived Agency Standards may implement only a subset of the optional features allowed and may incorporate features not addressed.

Superseded Documents

Telemetry Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 101.0-B-4: Telemetry Channel Coding. Blue Book. Issue 4. May 1999. A previous issue of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 11754:1994. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the coding schemes used on spacecraft telemetry streams. The telemetry channel coding concept described is the baseline concept for spacecraft-to-ground data communication within missions that are cross supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 101.0-B-5. CCSDS 101.0-B-3: Telemetry Channel Coding. Blue Book. Issue 3. May 1992. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 11754:1994. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the coding schemes used on spacecraft telemetry streams. The telemetry channel coding concept described is the baseline concept for spacecraft-to-ground data communication within missions that are cross supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 101.0-B-4. CCSDS 102.0-B-4: Packet Telemetry. Blue Book. Issue 4. November 1995. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 13419:1997. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the data structures of spacecraft telemetry streams. The Packet Telemetry concept described is the baseline concept for spacecraft-to-ground data communication within missions that are cross supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. In this update to CCSDS 102.0-B-3 (the previous issue), the option of Source Packet Segmentation has been removed. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 102.0-B-5. CCSDS 102.0-B-3: Packet Telemetry. Blue Book. Issue 3. November 1992. Issue 4 of this Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 13419:1997. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the data structures of spacecraft telemetry streams. The Packet Telemetry concept described is the baseline concept for spacecraft-to-ground data communication within missions that are Cross supported between Agencies of the CCSDS. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 102.0-B-4. CCSDS 103.0-B-1: Packet Telemetry Services. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1996. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 17433:2001. This Recommendation defines the services of a packet telemetry system. To do so, it establishes a layered model of Packet Telemetry protocols and defines Packet Telemetry Services by specifying the behavior at the service interfaces to each layer. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 103.0-B-2. Telecommand Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 201.0-B-2: Telecommand Part 1 -- Channel Service. Blue Book. Issue 2. November 1995. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12171:1998. This Recommendation was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the lowest telecommand system layers. In this update to CCSDS 201.0-B-1, that simplifies the protocol by recommending a single standard codeblock length. The recommended length is the longest and most efficient (64 bits) of the options allowed in previous issues of the Blue Book. This update was prompted by industry suggestion that offering four codeblock sizes unnecessarily complicates the protocol, increases costs, and offers no benefit except possibly to accommodate some legacy missions. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 201.0-B-3. CCSDS 201.0-B-1: Telecommand Part 1 -- Channel Service. Blue Book. Issue 1. January 1987. (Reconfirmed October 1990.) This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12171:1998. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12171:1998. This Recommendation was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the lowest telecommand system layers. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 201.0-B-2. CCSDS 202.0-B-2: Telecommand Part 2 -- Data Routing Service. Blue Book. Issue 2. November 1992. (Reconfirmed June 1998.) This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12172:1998. This Recommendation for Telecommand Data Routing Service was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the intermediate telecommand system layers. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 202.0-B-3. CCSDS 202.1-B-1: Telecommand Part 2.1 -- Command Operation Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 1. October 1991. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12173:1998. The Command Operation Procedure forms a subpart of the Data Routing Service, which is described in CCSDS 202.0-B-2. This Recommendation contains the definition of the Command Operation Procedure in the form of state tables at the level of detail necessary to allow cross support. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 202.1-B-2. CCSDS 203.0-B-1: Telecommand Part 3 -- Data Management Service. Blue Book. Issue 1. January 1987. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12174:1998. This Recommendation was developed within the layered architectural framework and embraces the standard data structures and data communication procedures that may be used by conventional missions within the highest telecommand layers. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 203.0-B-2. Ancillary Data Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 301.0-B-2: Time Code Formats. Blue Book. Issue 2. April 1990. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 11104:1991. This Recommendation establishes a common framework and provides a common basis for the formats of time code data. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 301.0-B-3. CCSDS 320.0-B-2: CCSDS Global Spacecraft Identification Field Code Assignment Control Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 2. November 1998. This procedural Recommendation establishes control procedures for Spacecraft Identification (SCID) codes. As such, it defines the procedure governing assignment, use, relinquishment, and management of SCIDs. This Recommendation also provides a list of the CCSDS Agencies' Representatives as of the date of this document and a form for requesting and relinquishing SCIDs. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 320.0-B-3, April 2003. This update to CCSDS 320.0-B-1, October 1993 contains updates to the request form, references, and Agency Representative information. CCSDS 320.0-B-1: CCSDS Global Spacecraft Identification Field Code Assignment Control Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 1. October 1993. (With Corrigenda through Technical Corrigendum 1, November 1996.) This procedural Recommendation establishes control procedures for Spacecraft Identification (SCID) codes. As such, it defines the procedure governing assignment, use, relinquishment, and management of SCIDs. This Recommendation also provides a list of the CCSDS Agencies' Representatives as of the date of this document and a form for requesting and relinquishing SCIDs. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 320.0-B-2, November 1998. This document updated CCSDS 320.0-B-1, October 1993 which is essentially the same document without updates from CCSDS 320.0-B-1 Cor. 1, November 1996 applied. CCSDS 320.0-B-1 COR-1: CCSDS Global Spacecraft Identification Field Code Assignment Control Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 1. October 1993. Technical Corrigendum. Issue 1 - Corrigendum 1. November 1997. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 320.0-B-2, November 1998. This Corrigendum documents updates for CCSDS 320.0-B-1, October 1993. These updates have been applied in CCSDS 320.0-B-1, November 1996. CCSDS 320.0-B-1: CCSDS Global Spacecraft Identification Field Code Assignment Control Procedures. Blue Book. Issue 1. October 1993. This procedural Recommendation establishes control procedures for Spacecraft Identification (SCID) codes. As such, it defines the procedure governing assignment, use, relinquishment, and management of SCIDs. This Recommendation also provides a list of the CCSDS Agencies' Representatives as of the date of this document and a form for requesting and relinquishing SCIDs. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 320.0-B-1, November 1996 which is essentially the same document with updates from CCSDS 320.0-B-1 Cor. 1, November 1996 applied. RF and Modulation Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 2001-06. June 2001. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. The current version includes all updates approved by the CCSDS Management Council through June 2001. The most recent release adds recommendations 2.4.17A, 2.4.17B, and 2.4.18. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 401.0-B, March 2003 which is essentially the same document with new pages added. CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 2000-06. May 2000. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 401.0-B, June 2001 which is essentially the same document with new pages added. CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 4. May 1999. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 401.0-B, May 2000 which is essentially the same document with new pages added. CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 3. May 1998. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 401.0-B, May 1999 which is essentially the same document with new pages added. CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 2. November 1994. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 401.0-B, May 1999 which is essentially the same document with new pages added. CCSDS 401.0-B: Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems -- Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft. Blue Book. Issue 1. June 1993. Numerous concise Recommendations appear in the notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B. Each Recommendation is dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of contents. These Recommendations are developed for conventional near earth and deep space missions having moderate communications requirements. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 401.0-B, May 1999 which is essentially the same document with new pages added. Information Access and Interchange Systems (Panel 2) CCSDS 620.0-B-2: Standard Formatted Data Units -- Structure and Construction Rules (without Technical Corrigendum). Blue Book. Issue 2. May 1992. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 12175:1994. This Recommendation defines Standard Formatted Data Unit (SFDU) structures that will handle some of the problems of digital data interchange and several construction rules that will limit the SFDUs to a practical set that can exist in an open data system environment. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 620.0-B-2, November 1996 which is essentially the same document with updates from CCSDS 620.0-B-2 Cor. 1, November 1996 applied. CCSDS 641.0-B-1: Parameter Value Language Specification (CCSD0006). Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1992. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 14961:1997. This Recommendation defines the Parameter Value Language (PVL), which provides a human-readable, machine-processable language for naming and expressing data values. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 641.0-B-2. CCSDS 644.0-B-1: The Data Description Language EAST Specification (CCSD0010). Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1997. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 15889:2000. This Recommendation defines the EAST language used to create descriptions of data, called Data Description Records (DDRs). Such DDRs ensure a complete and exact understanding of the data and allow it to be interpreted in an automated fashion. A software tool is able to analyze a DDR, interpret the format of the associated data, and extract values from the data on any host machine (i.e., on a different machine from the one that produced the data). This document has been superseded by CCSDS 644.0-B-2. Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 701.0-B-2: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Architectural Specification. Blue Book. Issue 2. November 1992. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO 13420:1997. This Recommendation extends the previous set of CCSDS Recommendations for conventional missions to accommodate extra services needed by Advanced Orbiting Systems. Target Advanced Orbiting Systems include manned and man-tended space stations, unmanned space platforms, free-flying spacecraft, and new space transportation systems, many of which require a richer repertoire of data handling services than are provided by the conventional Recommendations. This document has been superseded by CCSDS 701.0-B-3. CCSDS 727.0-B-1: CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP). Blue Book. Issue 1. January 2002. Red Book Issue 5 of this Draft Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/DIS 17355. This Recommendation defines a protocol suitable for the transmission of files to and from spacecraft data storage and capable of operating in a wide variety of mission configurations, from relatively simple low earth orbit spacecraft to complex arrangements of orbiters and landers supported by multiple ground facilities and transmission links. In addition to the purely file delivery related functions, the protocol includes file management services to allow control over the storage medium. Although the protocol can operate over a wide range of subnetwork services, this Recommendation assumes the use of existing CCSDS packet services.

Obsolete (Withdrawn) Documents

Advanced Orbiting Systems (Panel 1) CCSDS 704.0-B-1: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Audio, Video, and Still-Image Communications Services. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1994. This Recommendation has been adopted as ISO/FDIS 15890. This Recommendation is intended for use by participating space Agencies in their development of space data transmission systems that support the transfer of audio, video, and still-image data. CCSDS 705.1-B-1: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Abstract Data Type Library -- Addendum to CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1994. This Recommendation is an addendum to CCSDS 701.0-B-2. It is written using the ISO Formal Description Technique LOTOS and contains a library of Abstract Data Types used by the formal specifications contained in CCSDS 705.2-B-1, CCSDS 705.3-B-1, and CCSDS 705.5-B-1. Because this Recommendation is written in the formal language LOTOS, rather than in a natural language like English, it is expected to be of use only to technical experts familiar with LOTOS. CCSDS 705.2-B-1: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Formal Specification of the Path Service and Protocol -- Addendum to CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1994. This Recommendation, written using the ISO Formal Description Technique LOTOS, contains a formal specification of the Path Layer Protocol and Service, described in Natural Language in CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Annex A contains a set of tests, also written using LOTOS, which specify the required behavior of the Path Layer Protocol and Service under certain control and input conditions. Because this Recommendation is written in the formal language LOTOS, rather than in a natural language like English, it is expected to be of use only to technical experts familiar with LOTOS. CCSDS 705.3-B-1: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Formal Specification of the VCLC Service and Protocol -- Addendum to CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1994. This Recommendation, written using the ISO Formal Description Technique LOTOS, contains a formal specification of the VCLC Layer Protocol and Service, described in Natural Language in CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Annex A contains a set of tests, also written using LOTOS, which specify the required behavior of the VCLC Layer Protocol and Service under certain control and input conditions. Because this Recommendation is written in the formal language LOTOS, rather than in a natural language like English, it is expected to be of use only to technical experts familiar with LOTOS. CCSDS 705.4-B-1: Advanced Orbiting Systems, Networks and Data Links: Formal Specification of the VCA Service and Protocol -- Addendum to CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Blue Book. Issue 1. May 1994. This Recommendation, written using the ISO Formal Description Technique LOTOS, contains a formal specification of the VCA Protocol and Service, described in Natural Language in CCSDS 701.0-B-2. Annex A contains a set of tests, also written using LOTOS, which specify the required behavior of the VCA Protocol and Service under certain control and input conditions. Because this Recommendation is written in the formal language LOTOS, rather than in a natural language like English, it is expected to be of use only to technical experts familiar with LOTOS.

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