ISO 21082:2016

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 21082
First edition
2016-07-01
Mission operations — MAL space
packet transport binding and binary
encoding
Opérations de mission - transport de paquets de l’espace MAL reliés et
codage binaire
Reference number
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ISO 2016
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ISO 21082 was prepared by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) (as
CCSDS 524.1-B-1, August 2015) and was adopted (without modifications except those stated in clause
2 of this International Standard) by Technical Committee ISO/TC 20, Aircraft and space vehicles,
Subcommittee SC 13, Space data and information transfer systems.
CCSDS RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR MISSION OPERATIONS—MAL SPACE PACKET
TRANSPORT BINDING AND BINARY ENCODING
STATEMENT OF INTENT
The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) is an organization officially
established by the management of its members. The Committee meets periodically to address
data systems problems that are common to all participants, and to formulate sound technical
solutions to these problems. Inasmuch as participation in the CCSDS is completely
voluntary, the results of Committee actions are termed Recommended Standards and are
not considered binding on any Agency.
This Recommended Standard is issued by, and represents the consensus of, the CCSDS
members. Endorsement of this Recommendation is entirely voluntary. Endorsement,
however, indicates the following understandings:
o Whenever a member establishes a CCSDS-related standard, this standard will be in
accord with the relevant Recommended Standard. Establishing such a standard
does not preclude other provisions which a member may develop.
o Whenever a member establishes a CCSDS-related standard, that member will
provide other CCSDS members with the following information:
-- The standard itself.
-- The anticipated date of initial operational capability.
-- The anticipated duration of operational service.
o Specific service arrangements shall be made via memoranda of agreement. Neither
this Recommended Standard nor any ensuing standard is a substitute for a
memorandum of agreement.
No later than five years from its date of issuance, this Recommended Standard will be
reviewed by the CCSDS to determine whether it should: (1) remain in effect without change;
(2) be changed to reflect the impact of new technologies, new requirements, or new
directions; or (3) be retired or canceled.
In those instances when a new version of a Recommended Standard is issued, existing
CCSDS-related member standards and implementations are not negated or deemed to be
non-CCSDS compatible. It is the responsibility of each member to determine when such
standards or implementations are to be modified. Each member is, however, strongly
encouraged to direct planning for its new standards and implementations towards the later
version of the Recommended Standard.
CCSDS 524.1-B-1 Page ii August 2015
CCSDS RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR MISSION OPERATIONS—MAL SPACE PACKET
TRANSPORT BINDING AND BINARY ENCODING
FOREWORD
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the
subject of patent rights. CCSDS has processes for identifying patent issues and for securing
from the patent holder agreement that all licensing policies are reasonable and non-
discriminatory. However, CCSDS does not have a patent law staff, and CCSDS shall not be
held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Through the process of normal evolution, it is expected that expansion, deletion, or
modification of this document may occur. This Recommended Standard is therefore subject
to CCSDS document management and change control procedures, which are defined in
Organization and Processes for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
(CCSDS A02.1-Y-4). Current versions of CCSDS documents are maintained at the CCSDS
Web site:
http://www.ccsds.org/
Questions relating to the contents or status of this document should be sent to the CCSDS
Secretariat at the e-mail address indicated on page i.
CCSDS 524.1-B-1 Page iii August 2015
CCSDS RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR MISSION OPERATIONS—MAL SPACE PACKET
TRANSPORT BINDING AND BINARY ENCODING
At time of publication, the active Member and Observer Agencies of the CCSDS were:
Member Agencies
– Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)/Italy.
– Canadian Space Agency (CSA)/Canada.
– Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/France.
– China National Space Administration (CNSA)/People’s Republic of China.
– Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)/Germany.
– European Space Agency (ESA)/Europe.
– Federal Space Agency (FSA)/Russian Federation.
– Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)/Brazil.
– Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Japan.
– National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/USA.
– UK Space Agency/United Kingdom.
Observer Agencies
– Austrian Space Agency (ASA)/Austria.
– Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BFSPO)/Belgium.
– Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash)/Russian Federation.
– China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General, Beijing Institute of Tracking and
Telecommunications Technology (CLTC/BITTT)/China.
– Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)/China.
– Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST)/China.
– Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)/Australia.
– Danish National Space Center (DNSC)/Denmark.
– Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial (DCTA)/Brazil.
– Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)/Korea.
– European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)/Europe.
– European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT)/Europe.
– Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)/Thailand.
– Hellenic National Space Committee (HNSC)/Greece.
– Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)/India.
– Institute of Space Research (IKI)/Russian Federation.
– KFKI Research Institute for Particle & Nuclear Physics (KFKI)/Hungary.
– Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)/Korea.
– Ministry of Communications (MOC)/Israel.
– National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)/Japan.
– National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/USA.
– National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NSARK)/Kazakhstan.
– National Space Organization (NSPO)/Chinese Taipei.
– Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST)/USA.
– Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)/Turkey.
– South African National Space Agency (SANSA)/Republic of South Africa.
– Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)/Pakistan.
– Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)/Sweden.
– Swiss Space Office (SSO)/Switzerland.
– United States Geological Survey (USGS)/USA.
CCSDS 524.1-B-1 Page iv August 2015
CCSDS RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR MISSION OPERATIONS—MAL SPACE PACKET
TRANSPORT BINDING AND BINARY ENCODING
DOCUMENT CONTROL
Document Title Date Status
CCSDS Mission Operations—MAL Space August Original issue
524.1-B-1 Packet Transport Binding and Binary 2015
Encoding, Recommended Standard,
Issue 1
CCSDS 524.1-B-1 Page v August 2015
CCSDS RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR MISSION OPERATIONS—MAL SPACE PACKET
TRANSPORT BINDING AND BINARY ENCODING
CONTENTS
Section Page
1 INTRODUCTION . 1-1

1.1 PURPOSE . 1-1
1.2 SCOPE . 1-1
1.3 APPLICABILITY . 1-1
1.4 RATIONALE . 1-2
1.5 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE . 1-2
1.6 DEFINITIONS . 1-2
1.7 NOMENCLATURE . 1-3
1.8 BIT NUMBERING CONVENTION . 1-3
1.9 REFERENCES . 1-4

2 OVERVIEW . 2-1

2.1 GENERAL . 2-1
2.2 MO SERVICE FRAMEWORK OVER SPACE PACKET PROTOCOL . 2-2
2.3 TYPICAL USE . 2-5
2.4 MAL MESSAGE MAPPING . 2-7
2.5 MAL TRANSPORT INTERFACE MAPPING . 2-11

3 MAL MESSAGE MAPPING . 3-1

3.1 OVERVIEW . 3-1
3.2 URI FORMAT . 3-5
3.3 MAL HEADER MAPPING . 3-6
3.4 SPACE PACKET SPECIFIC FIELDS . 3-12
3.5 MAL MESSAGE BODY MAPPING . 3-14

4 MAL TRANSPORT INTERFACE MAPPING . 4-1

4.1 OVERVIEW . 4-1
4.2 SUPPORTEDQOS REQUEST . 4-3
4.3 SUPPORTEDIP REQUEST . 4-3
4.4 TRANSMIT REQUEST . 4-3
4.5 TRANSMITMULTIPLE REQUEST . 4-6
4.6 RECEIVE INDICATION . 4-6
4.7 RECEIVEMULTIPLE INDICATION . 4-7

CCSDS 524.1-B-1 Page vi August 2015
CCSDS RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR MISSION OPERATIONS—MAL SPACE PACKET
TRANSPORT BINDING AND BINARY ENCODING
CONTENTS (continued)
Section Page
5 MAL DATA ENCODING . 5-1

5.1 OVERVIEW . 5-1
5.2 ELEMENT . 5-2
5.3 ENUMERATION . 5-3
5.4 COMPOSITE . 5-4
5.5 LIST .
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