NOST SFDU Support Office

The Standard Formatted Data Unit (SFDU) Support Office has been established under the NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology (NOST) at the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). The SFDU Support Office provides a number services to NASA projects and their customers as listed below.

Overview of SFDU Concepts and Standards

Assistance in Designing and Using SFDU Products

Help in designing and using SFDU products is available by contacting sfdu@ncf.gsfc.nasa.gov. You may also contact Don Sawyer ( Donald.M.Sawyer@nasa.gov) or John Garrett ( John.Garrett@gsfc.nasa.gov) for help.

Control Authority Services

Data Description Registration and Dissemination at the NSSD Control Authority Office - Control Authority Office Information System (CAOIS) Information on data descriptions registered with the NASA Primary SFDU Control Authority Office
List of All Registered Control Authority Offices
Help in using the NSSD Control Authority Office services is available at caoprod@ncf.gsfc.nasa.gov.

SFDU Software

CCSDS Panel 2 Software List
Help in obtaining or using the software listed on the above link can be arranged by contacting sfdu@ncf.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Wider Views

NOST Home Page
NSSDC Home Page
SSEDSO Home Page
GSFC Public Affairs Office Home Page
GSFC Organizational Page
NASA Home Page

CCSDS Panel 2 Home Page - Panel 2 has developed the SFDU Concept and Standards. Panel 2 is actively working on extending the SFDU Concept and is developing supporting standards.
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) Home Page

URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/sfdu_office.html

A service of NOST at NSSDC.

Author: John Garrett (John.Garrett@gsfc.nasa.gov) +1.301.286.3575
and Don Sawyer (Donald.M.Sawyer@nasa.gov) +1.301.286.2748
Curator: John Garrett (John.Garrett@gsfc.nasa.gov) +1.301.286.3575
NASA Official: Code 633.2 / Don Sawyer (Donald.M.Sawyer@nasa.gov) +1.301.286.2748
Last Revised: 1996-12-16, John Garrett (2006-10-24, John Garrett)