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 CCSDS
Charter
1
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.
Purposes
The purposes of the CCSDS are as follows:
- to provide a forum whereby interested agencies may exchange
technical information
relative to the development or application of standards for
space-related information
technologies;
- 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;
- to develop through consensus appropriate Recommendations that
will guide the
development of agency infrastructure so that interoperability is
maximized;
- to facilitate and promote the use of software and hardware
developed under the CCSDS program by all participating agencies;
- to promote the application of the Recommendations within the
space mission community; and
- to maintain cognizance of other international standardization
activities that may have
direct impact on the design or operation of space mission data
systems.
1 The CCSDS Charter was originally approved
in 1982. It was updated in May 1999 and again in September 2004.
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