STRATEGIC PLAN
OF THE
CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE FOR
SPACE DATA
SYSTEMS
STRATEGIC PLAN
OF THE
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
SPACE DATA SYSTEMS
December 1999
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Document Title
Date
Status
CCSDS
A01.1-Y-1
Strategic Plan of the Consultative
Committee for Space Data Systems
December
1999
Current issue
This document is published and maintained by:
CCSDS Secretariat
Program Integration Division (Code MT)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, DC 20546, USA
CCSDS CHARTER1
PREAMBLE
The major space agencies of the world recognize that there are benefits in using standard
techniques for handling space data and that, by cooperatively developing these techniques, future
data system interoperability will be enhanced. In order to assure that work towards
standardization of space-related information technologies provides the maximum benefit for the
interested agencies, both individually and collectively, an international Consultative Committee
for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) is established as a forum for international cooperation in the
development of data handling techniques supporting space research, including space science and
applications, for exclusively peaceful purposes.
PURPOSES
The purposes of the CCSDS are as follows:
1) to provide a forum whereby interested agencies may exchange technical information
relative to the development or application of standards for space-related information
technologies;
2) to identify those common elements of space data systems which, if implemented in a
standardized way, will result in significant enhancements in the operation of future
cooperative space missions, or in the sharing of mission products;
3) to develop through consensus appropriate Recommendations that will guide the
development of agency infrastructure so that interoperability is maximized;
4) to facilitate and promote the use of software and hardware developed under the CCSDS
program by all participating agencies;
5) to promote the application of the Recommendations within the space mission com