OMG Space Domain Task Force Wiki

Welcome to the OMG Space Domain Task Force (SDTF).

The Space DTF will meet online Tuesday through Thursday during the 25Q2 OMG meeting, June 10-12, 2025, in Denver, CO. The agendas will be available via the OMG Events page. Registered attendees are able to attend either in-person or remotely. Registration is available via the OMG website.

Plenary topics are detailed on the Space DTF Agenda page.

Space professionals committed to greater interoperability, reduction in costs, schedule, and risk for space applications through increased space standardization.

The Space Domain Task Force is fostering interoperability by building the standards to operate modern spacecraft. Check out the poster to the right that is showcasing our progress and future specifications that was presented during the Ground System Architecture Workshop (GSAW) Conference in El Segundo, California.

• Clarify space, satellite and ground system requirements
• Provide a transparent space standards development environment, open to participation by all.
• Encourage the development and use of Model-Driven specifications that allow future-proofing of space systems.
• Encourage continued space industry member participation to leverage existing OMG specifications.

• Use the Object Management Group (OMG) technology adoption process to specify interfaces for software components, services, and frameworks in space applications.
• Lever existing OMG specifications.
• Involve all interested members of the OMG in the OMG Space Domain Task Force.
• Issue RFIs, RFPs and RFCs for technology relevant to space.
• Identify relevant standards, architectures, research and technologies in space applications.
• Assist and advise the Liaison Sub-Committee regarding its relationship with related Standards Organizations and Consortia.
• Participate and present in other space industry consortia to encourage further OMG participation.

Our task force has supported the adoption of several specifications:

• XML Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE)
• Ground Equipment Monitoring Service (GEMS)
• Spacecraft Operations Language Metamodel (SOLM)
• Ground Data Delivery Interface (GDDI)
• XTCE US Government Satellite Conformance Profile (XUSP)
• Command and Control Messaging Specification (C2MS)
• CubeSat System Reference Model Profile (CSRM)

The following standards are currently works in progress as future specifications (currently in finalization):

• None at this time

We also support space-related standards managed by other task forces within the OMG:

• Space Telecommunications Interface (STI)
• Alert Management Service (ALMAS)

• We are currently drafting multiple RFPs as detailed in the RFIs/RFPs section.

The OMG SpaceDTF met in Reston, VA from March 18-20, 2025. Here are the meeting highlights:

• SOLM 1.2 RTF, XTCE 1.3 RTF, and GDDI 1.0 FTF all passed through the standard body

Go to proposed RFPs