To ensure quality and compatibility, experts from 28 nations take part in the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) to discuss different types of encoding and transmission to ensure video quality and data handling from space, among other things.

This multinational team addresses the obstacles of receiving high quality images through the limited bandwidth available from the Moon. A common reference helps science, engineer and imagery teams to know what to expect before the rocket takes off.

“These efforts should help agencies and companies create a ground truth for video applications and equipment. The activities to refine video quality are not geared only to Moon imagery, but to all space transmissions,” says Falk Schiffner, DLR’s representative in the CCSDS motion imagery and applications team.