The Committee shall deal with systems, subsystems, software and components for spacecraft and ground systems.

This information includes the engineering and technologies of space vehicles configuration, size, power, inter-connections, payloads, orbital environment, orbital and attitude control, constellations and formations, mission duration, services, and operational aspects, as well as technologies such as orbital assembly, remote manipulation, on-orbit testing and servicing, docking and retrieval, cable tethering, autonomy and software, fluid management; thermal control, cryogenic and radiative cooling, measurement of physical parameters, gravity simulation, and communications and data management, particularly as they concern the design, the operation and the performance of the overall system.

The Committee should cooperate with the IAF committees on Space Station, Astrodynamics, Power, Propulsion, Space Exploration, Space Processing and Microgravity Applications, Earth Observations, Life Sciences, Space Transportation, and Materials and Structures.