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CCSDS

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

CCSDS is a multinational forum for the development of communications and data systems standards for spaceflight. CCSDS standards are used by major space agencies worldwide.

IndustrySyntax CCSDS identifiers follow the pattern: CCSDS [Number].[Issue]-[Category]-[Version]-[Status]. Categories include B (Blue Book = Recommended Standard), G (Green Book = Recommended Practice), M (Magenta Book = Report). Website →
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Doc Types
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Components
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Relations
0
Stages

Document Types 2

Base Document

B▼

Corrigendum

Cor▼

Components 5

Structured elements that make up a CCSDS identifier:

Publisher
Enumeration

CCSDS

CCSDS
e.g.CCSDS
Number
String

Document number with decimal (e.g., 100.0)

NNN.N-L-V format: series number + book type letter + version (e.g., 121.0-B-1).
e.g.121.0-B-1
Category

B (Blue/Standard), G (Green/Practice), M (Magenta/Report)

Issue

Issue number after the category letter

Status

S (Superseded), blank (current)

PubID Algebra 1

Relationships between CCSDS identifiers:

RelationDescriptionSyntaxExample
CorrigendumCorrects errors in CCSDS documentsCCSDS [Number]-[Category]-[Issue]-[Status] Cor. [N]CCSDS 121.0-B-1-S Cor. 1