The XTCE data specification provides an information model and data exchange format for telemetry and commanding definitions (operational database) in all phases of the a spacecraft, payload, and ground segment life cycle: system design, development, test, validation, and mission operations.

This document issue was superseded by CCSDS 660.0-B-2, XML Telemetric and Command Exchange-Version 1.2 (Blue Book, Issue 2, February 2020), released February 2020.