Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Area (SOIS)

Welcome to the Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Area (SOIS) Collaborative Work Environment.

The primary objective of the CCSDS SOIS standard development activities is to radically improve the spacecraft flight segment data systems design and development process by defining generic services that will simplify the way flight software interacts with flight hardware and permitting interoperability and reusability both for the benefit of Agencies and Industrial contractors.

PUBLICATIONS

SOIS Area Approved Publications can be accessed by clicking here.  All CCSDS Approved Publications can be accessed by clicking here.

Welcome to the Subnetwork Services Working Group Collaborative Work Environment.  The Subnetwork Services Working Group (SOIS-SUBNET) falls under the Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services (SOIS) Areas of the CCSDS. 

Welcome to the Wireless Working Group Collaborative Work Environment.  The Wireless Working Group (SOIS-WIR) falls under the Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services (SOIS) Areas of the CCSDS. 

The short term aims of the Wireless Working Group will be:

1. Identify scenarios in future missions where the use of wireless interfaces are of interest and offer advantages.
2. Document the experiences and best current practices in developing wireless interfaces for spacecraft.
3. Based on lessons learned and experience in implementing wireless interfaces (optical and RF) in past and current space projects, identify the key issues that need to be addressed when implementing wireless interfaces for future spacecraft.
4. Examine existing activities in the SOIS area and in CCSDS to see which of these issues are already being addressed, and which still need to be addressed.
5. Examine the areas that are not currently being addressed, and if necessary generate a proposal for new work items to address them.