Space Data Systems
Committee for
Consultative
REPORT CONCERNING SPACE
DATA SYSTEM STANDARDS
GREEN BOOK
November 1994
CCSDS 631.0-G-2
TMG 8/92
STANDARD FORMATTED
DATA UNITS — CONTROL
AUTHORITY PROCEDURES
TUTORIAL
CCSDS REPORT CONCERNING SFDUs—CONTROL AUTHORITY PROCEDURES TUTORIAL
AUTHORITY
Issue:
Green Book, Issue 2
Date:
November 1994
Location:
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
This document has been approved for publication by the Management Council of the Consultative
Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and reflects the consensus of technical panel
experts from CCSDS Member Agencies. The procedure for review and authorization of CCSDS
Reports is detailed in reference [1].
This document is published and maintained by:
CCSDS Secretariat
Program Integration Division (Code OI)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, DC 20546, USA
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FOREWORD
This Report is a companion book to the Control Authority (CA) Procedures Recommendation
(reference [2]) and the Control Authority Data Structures (CADS) Recommendation (reference
[3]) and contains rationale and explanatory material for the recommendations in both.
Through the process of normal evolution, it is expected that expansion, deletion, or modification
to this document may occur. This Recommendation is therefore subject to CCSDS document
management and change control procedures which are defined in reference [1].
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At time of publication, the active Member and Observer Agencies of the CCSDS were
Member Agencies
– British National Space Centre (BNSC)/United Kingdom.
– Canadian Space Agency (CSA)/Canada.
– Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash)/Russian Federation.
– Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/France.
– Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)/Germany.
– European Space Agency (ESA)/Europe.
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