CCSDS Technical Organization

The interactive graph to the right represents the CCSDS Technical Organization. The CCSDS Engineering Group (CESG) is composed of 6 areas. Within these areas there are Working Groups (WG), Birds of a Feather (BOF), and Special Interest Groups (SIG) that collaborate. More information can be found here for the CCSDS Secretariat and Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA).

CCSDS Management Council
(CMC)

General Secretary: Sami Asmar
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CCSDS Engineering Steering Group
(CESG)

CESG Chair:
Daniel Fischer
Deputy Chair: Tim Pham
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Systems Engineering Area
(SEA)

Director: Jim Lux
Deputy: Hiroshi Takeuchi
   
 
Security Working Group
(SEA-SEC)

Chair: Howard Weiss
Deputy: Marcus Wallum
 
 
Delta-DOR Working Group
(SEA-D-DOR)
Chair: 
Javier de Vicente
Deputy: Christopher Volk
 
Time Management Working Group
(SEA-TIME)
Chair: Sinda Mejri
Deputy: Open
Mission Operations and Information Management Services Area
(MOIMS)

Director: Mehran Sarkarati
Deputy: Stefan Gärtner
 
Data Archive Interoperability Working Group
(MOIMS-DAI)

Co Chair: David Giaretta
Co Chair: John Garrett
 
 
Navigation Working Group
(MOIMS-NAV)

Chair: David Berry
Deputy: Frank Dreger
 
 
Spacecraft Monitor and Control Working Group
(MOIMS-SM&C)

Chair: 
Mehran Sarkarati
Deputy: Costin Radulescu
 
 
Mission Planning & Scheduling Working Group
(MOIMS-MP)
Chair: Peter van der Plas
Deputy: Eric Ferguson
 
Cross Support Services Area
(CSS)

Director: Erik Barkley
Deputy: Holger Dreihahn
 
Service Management Working Group
(CSS-SM)

Chair: Erik Barkley
Deputy: Marcin Gnat
 
 
Transfer Services Working Group
(CSS-CSTS)

Chair: Holger Dreihahn
Deputy: Alexander Kalkhof
 
 
Cloud Data Delivery Standards Working Group
(CSS-CLOUD)

Chair: Holger Dreihahn
Deputy: Erik Barkley
 
Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Area
(SOIS)

Director: Simon Singh
Deputy: Xiongwen He
 
Application Support Services Working Group
(SOIS-APP)

Chair: Simon Singh
Deputy: Richard Melvin
 
 
Onboard Wireless Working Group
(SOIS-WIR)

Chair: Kevin Gifford
Deputy: Yuriy Sheynin
 
 
Subnetwork Services Working Group
(SOIS-SUBNET)

Chair: Glenn Rakow
Deputy: Marco Rovati
 
Space Link Services Area
(SLS)

Director: Ignacio Aguilar Sánchez
Deputy: Gilles Moury
 
RF Modulation Working Group
(SLS-RFM)

Chair: Dennis Lee
Deputy: Gunther Sessler
 
 
Space Link Coding and Synchronization Working Group
(SLS-C&S)

Chair: Andrea Modenini
Deputy: Kenneth Andrews
 
 
Data Compression Working Group
(SLS-DC)

Chair: Mark Wong
Deputy: Lucana Santos
 
 
Space Link Protocols Working Group
(SLS-SLP)

 Chair: Greg Kazz
Deputy: Matthew Cosby 
 
 
Space Data Link Layer Security Working Group
(SLS-SEA-DLS)

Chair: Gilles Moury
Deputy: Howard Weiss
 
 
Optical Communications Working Group
(SLS-OPT)

Chair: Jon Hamkins
Deputy: Clemens Heese
 
Space Internetworking Services Area
(SIS)

Director: Tomaso de Cola
Deputy: 'Vinny' Ivica Ristovski
 
Motion Imagery and Applications Working Group
(SIS-MIA)

Chair: Flak Schiffner
Deputy: Beth St. Peter
 
 
Delay Tolerant Networking Working Group
(SIS-DTN)

Chair: Robert Durst
Deputy: Kiyohisa Suzuki 
 
 
Voice Working Group
(SIS-VOICE)

Chair: Osvaldo Peinado
Deputy:Ivan Antonov
 
 
CCSDS CFDP Revisions Working Group
(SIS-CFDPV1)

Chair: Felix Flentge
Deputy: Dai Stanton
 
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