Projects

Overview
Project Title	Compression of Raw Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Approval	Approved
Document Number	125.0
Charter	5.03 Data Compression Working Group
Document Type	Blue
Description of Document	This Blue Book specifies a low-complexity method for compressing complex raw synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.
Applicable Patents	There are no patent issues for this technology that are known by the CCSDS community
Patent Comments
Survey of Similar Standards Documents or Projects Undertaken in Other Bodies and elsewhere in CCSDS	A variety of similar block-based compression methods (BAQ, BFPQ, FDBAQ, etc.) have been used by previous space missions, but no formal standard exists.
Resources
Book Editor	ESA
Book Editor Resources	4 months
Prototype 1	ESA
Prototype 1 Resources	1 month
Prototype 2	NASA
Prototype 2 Resources	1 month
Prototype 3	CNES
Prototype 3 Resources	1 month
Contribute	CNES, NASA
Monitor Only
Resource Comments

Schedule

Legend for Schedule Milestones = Required for Orange Books = Required for Green Books = Required for Magenta Books = Required for Blue Books Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books Schedule Milestones	Original Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Estimated Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Actual Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Comments (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project Approved	6/1/2020	6/1/2020	4/7/2020	CMC-P-2020-04-002 Approved on 7 April 2020
Project Start Date	6/1/2020	6/1/2020	6/1/2020
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	9/26/2020	10/12/2020	4/20/2021
First Draft Comments Due	10/26/2020	6/15/2021	6/15/2021
Second draft circulated to WG	4/4/2021	12/10/2024
Second Draft Comments Due	5/4/2021	12/30/2024
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	6/4/2021	6/30/2025
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	8/4/2021	9/30/2025
First Agency Review	10/4/2021	10/30/2025
RID Resolution	12/4/2021	11/30/2025
Secretariat Document Processing 2	1/4/2022	1/30/2026
Final Agency Review	3/4/2022	3/30/2026
RID Resolution	5/4/2022	4/30/2026
First Prototype Development	10/4/2021	12/30/2025
Second Prototype Development	10/4/2021	12/30/2025
CMC Approval	7/4/2022	9/30/2026
Total Time to Complete (in months)	25	75