Consultative Committee For Space Data Systems
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Q2. What are the main factors that are predicted to drive the need for new space standards?
Commercial development and technology advances are also predicted to drive the need for new space standards; for example, the increasing capability of small satellites allied to micro systems technology and a potential paradigm shift in the development of low cost systems.
Q3. What are the main areas of the CCSDS?
Within the new CCSDS organization, six broad discipline ‘Areas’ were created:– System Engineering Services; – Mission Operations and Information Management Services; – Cross Support Services; – Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services; – Space Link Services; and – Space Internetworking ServicesWithin each of these Areas, specialized Working Groups were created to develop ‘Recommended Standards’ which are normally transferred into ISO standards.
Q4. What is the definition of a CCSDS member agency?
Associates include more than 100 scientifi c and industrial entities that aim to more closely monitor and possibly infl uence the technical document development process in CCSDS.
Q5. What is the role of the CCSDS in Transnational Economic Governance?
All of the secretarial, administrative, technical, and infrastructural support is funded by the Agency that holds the CCSDS chair in a given year.
Q6. What are the main areas of responsibility for the ISO Technical Committee?
Protocols for the data links that unite the space elements, the ground elements and the users (SC-13); and – Design, test, operations, and ground support for space vehicles and their attendant systems (SC-14).
Q7. What is the role of the ISO Technical Committees in the space industry?
Responding to the needs of an increasingly commercial and global space business these subcommittees have established a signifi cant portfolio of standards.
Q8. What is the role of the ITA?
ISO also off ers the Industry Technical Agreement (ITA) as a deliverable that aims to bridge the gap between the activities of consortia and the formal process of standardization represented by ISO and its national members.
Q9. What is the role of the CMC?
Th e CMC is responsible for staying technically and politically informed about important long-term issues in the fi eld of international space mission cross support and for keeping an eye on the ‘big picture’ of the CCSDS programme of work.
Q10. What is the scope of the Technical Committee for Aircraft and Space Vehicles?
Within the scope of the Technical Committee for Aircraft and Space Vehicles (TC-20), two subcommittees were formed with responsibility for all ISO work in the area of standards for space systems.
Q11. What are the main objectives of the ISO Technical Committees?
To better align a growing work programme with business needs and trends and to manage an expanding portfolio of standards both subcommittees have introduced major internal organizational processes.
Q12. What is the definition of a CCSDS Member Agency?
A Member Agency adopts the Charter and must ensure that their agency enforces internal standards to the applicable CCSDS Recommended Standards.