INTRODUCTION TO STANDARDIZED SPACECRAFT ONBOARD INTERFACES

• Main Authors: Smith, Joseph F., Plummer, Chris, Plancke, Patrick
• Other Authors: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 2003
• Subjects: Standard spacecraft interfaces; Standard instrument interfaces; Spacecraft onboard interfaces; Spacecraft communications protocols; Spacecraft communications standards
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/605835; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/605835

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada === The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), an international organization of national space agencies, is branching out to provide new standards to enhanced reuse of onboard spacecraft equipment and software. These Spacecraft Onboard Interface (SOIF) standards will be based on the well-known Internet protocols. This paper will provide a description of the SOIF work by describing three orthogonal views: the Services View that describes data communications services, the Interoperability view shows how to exchange data and messages between different spacecraft elements, and the Protocol view, that describes the SOIF protocols and services. This paper will give the reader an excellent introduction to the work of the international SOIF team.