Review Documents – CCSDS 131.0-P-5.1

REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF CCSDS DOCUMENT
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Draft documents are subject to change, and the draft CCSDS Recommendation referenced here does not necessarily represent consensus technical agreement among the CCSDS Member Agencies.

The Management Council of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) has authorized the publication, and requests Agency review, of the following document:

TM Synchronization and Channel Coding

Draft Recommended Standard
 CCSDS 131.0-P-5.1 (Pink Book) Issue 5.1 August 2025

DOCUMENTS:

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DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:

TThe Recommended Standard for TM Synchronization and Channel Coding contains specifications to be used by space missions on synchronous communications links. The current update adds turbo code channel interleaver and moves slicing to its own section, applicable to all block codes.

REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS FOR REVIEWERS:

Member and Observer Agencies are requested to send their sets of review comments to the CCSDS Review Coordinator with a copy to the CCSDS Secretariat. Each review comment should be submitted on a separate Review Item Disposition (RID) form. Submission of RIDs in electronic form is preferred. The following ASCII RID forms are available (click on form name to access):

Please contact the Secretariat office at secretariat@mailman.ccsds.org if you have questions.

Click Here to Download an ASCII RID Form

REVIEW DATES AND COORDINATOR:

International review start date: 08/28/2025
International review completion date: 11/26/2025
Overall review coordinator:
Name: Andrea Modenini
E-mail: andrea.modenini@esa.int

NASA Review Start Date: 08/28/2025
NASA Review Completion Date: 11/19/2025
NASA review coordinator:
Name: Costin Radulescu
E-mail: Costin.Radulescu@jpl.nasa.gov

JPL Review Start Date: 08/28/2025
JPL Review Completion Date: 11/12/2025
JPL review coordinator:
Name: Jim Lux
E-mail: james.p.lux@jpl.nasa.gov

GSFC Review Start Date: 08/28/2025
GSFC Review Completion Date: 11/12/2025
GSFC review coordinator:
Name: Shannon Rodriguez
E-mail: shannon.rodriguez-1@nasa.gov

MSFC Review Start Date: 08/28/2025
MSFC Review Completion Date: 11/12/2025
MSFC review coordinator:
Name: Ivica Ristovski
E-mail: ivica.ristovski@nasa.gov

JSC Review Start Date: 08/28/2025
JSC Review Completion Date: 11/12/2025
JSC review coordinator:
Name: Raymond Wagner
E-mail: raymond.s.wagner@nasa.gov

U.S. Associate Review Start Date: 08/28/2025
U.S. Associate Review Completion Date: 11/19/2025
U.S. Associate review coordinator:
NASA Head of Delegation to CCSDS
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546, USA
E-mail: secretariat@mailman.ccsds.org

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