REPORT CONCERNING SPACE
DATA SYSTEM STANDARDS
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
FOR
SPACE DATA SYSTEMS
GLOSSARY
CCSDS A30.0-G-3
GREEN BOOK
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FOREWORD
This document is a technical report which consolidates glossaries provided by the active
technical panels of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS).
Through the process of normal evolution and the progress in the build-up of
implementations, it is expected that modifications and expansions of this report will occur.
This Report is therefore subject to CCSDS document management and change control
procedures which are defined in reference [46]. The most recent issues of CCSDS
documents can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.ccsds.org/ccsds.
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At time of publication, the active Member and Observer Agencies of the CCSDS were
Member Agencies
– Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)/Italy.
– British National Space Centre (BNSC)/United Kingdom.
– Canadian Space Agency (CSA)/Canada.
– Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/France.
– Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)/Germany.
– European Space Agency (ESA)/Europe.
–
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)/Brazil.
– National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/USA.
– National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)/Japan.
– Russian Space Agency (RSA)/Russian Federation.
Observer Agencies
– Austrian Space Agency (ASA)/Austria.
– Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash)/Russian Federation.
– Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial (CTA)/Brazil.
– Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST)/China.
– Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)/Australia.
– Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)/Japan.
– Danish Space Research Institute (DSRI)/Denmark.
– European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
(EUMETSAT)/Europe.
– Euro