CCSDS - Advancing Spaceflight Technology for International Collaboration

Paper number

IAC-10.D5.2.5

Author

Mr. Mike Kearney, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

Year

2010

Abstract

The CCSDS Committee has been developing data and communications standards since 1982. As data and communications technology has advanced, CCSDS has progressed to capitalize on commercial products when available and suitable for spaceflight, and to develop innovative new approaches when available products fail.  The current scope of the CCSDS architecture spans the end-to-end data architecture of a spaceflight mission, with ongoing efforts develop and standardize cutting-edge technology.  

This paper will touch briefly on standardization of exciting innovations in areas like:   
\begin{itemize}\item Space Internetworking – Developing concepts of the Solar System Internetwork (SSI)\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Delay Tolerant Networking – Making internetworking deal with lightspeed delays and disruptions\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Optical Channel Coding – Optical (Laser) Comm surfacing in the Standards world\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Service Oriented Architectures – Adopting a service paradigm for mission operations\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Space Data Link Security – New ways to deal with new threats\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Wireless Comm – Using the 802 suite in-space and on planetary surfaces\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Voice and Video – transporting human communications on a new spaceborne digital infrastructure\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item XML activities in many areas – Data Archive, Registries/Repositories, etc.\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Multispectral/hyperspectral data compression – more data through smaller pipes\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Asynchronous Message Service – pub/sub messaging paradigm for easier interfaces\end{itemize}

Additionally this paper will:
\begin{itemize}\item Explain the ongoing collaboration of CCSDS and ISO, bringing the CCSDS recommendations to a much wider audience. \end{itemize} 
\begin{itemize}\item Provide some examples for how CCSDS standards have enabled collaboration and also unexpected benefits for contingency mission situations\end{itemize}

MOST IMPORTANTLY, the paper will provide info on how the IAC membership can review, critique and participate in ongoing CCSDS standards development, so that CCSDS final products meet the needs of future missions of IAC attendees and fuel the stimulus for interagency spaceflight collaboration.

Abstract document

IAC-10.D5.2.5.brief.pdf

Manuscript document

IAC-10.D5.2.5.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).

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