CCSDS Report

1. CCSDS Report Mike Kearney CCSDS Acting General Secretary NASA MSFC EO-01 256-544-2029 Mike.Kearney@nasa.gov June 2007

2. CCSDS “quick look” • Founded in 1982 (25th Anniversary!) • Agency-based international committee • Currently 10 Member agencies • Currently 25 Observer Agencies • Also functions as ISO Committee • TC20/SC13 • Represents 17 nations • Producing Voluntary Consensus Standards • NASA Program Exec is John Rush • NASA HQ – SOMD – SCaN • Has temporarily delegated some roles to MSFC • NASA CCSDS “principal delegate” • CCSDS General Secretary • ISO TC20/SC13 Secretary OBSERVER AGENCIES ASA/Austria BFSPO/Belgium CAS/China CAST/China CSIR/South Africa CSIRO/Australia CTA/Brazil DNSC/Denmark EUMETSAT/Europe EUTELSAT/Europe HNSC/Greece IKI/Russia ISRO/India KARI/Korea KFKI/Hungary MOC/Israel NCST/USA NICT/Japan NOAA/USA NSPO/Taipei SSC/Sweden SUPARCO/Pakistan TsNIIMash/Russia USGS/USA MEMBER AGENCIES ASI/Italy BNSC/UK CNES/France CSA/Canada DLR/Germany ESA/Europe FSA/Russia INPE/Brazil JAXA/Japan NASA/USA

3. NASA Data Standards Program Organization ISO NASA Data Standards Program Executive NASA-HQ, SOMD, SCaN Office John Rush NASA Technical Standards Program NASA-HQ, OCE CCSDS External Liaisons US Gov. Agencies CCSDS/ISO Secretariat (AIAA - MSFC contract) NASA Data Standards Program Office JPL Adrian Hooke US National Standards GSFC Space Data Standards Office Madeline Butler JPL Space Data Standards Office Peter Shames MSFC Space Data Standards Office Mike Kearney JSC Space Data Standards Office Lindolfo Martinez

4. CCSDS Technical Context: Six Focus Areas Systems Engineering Systems Engineering MCC MCC • Systems Architecture • Security • Information Architecture • Space Addressing and Naming Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Space Link Services Space Link Services Cross Support Services Cross Support Services Space Internetworking Services Space Internetworking Services Mission Operations & Info. Management Mission Operations & Info. Management • Onboard Subnet. Services • Onboard Application Services • RF & Modulation • Space Link Coding & Sync. • Data Compression • Space Link Protocols • TC Channel Coding • Ranging • High Rate Uplink • CS Service Management • CS Transfer Services • CFDP Testing • Cislunar Space Internet. • Space Packet Protocol • Asynchronous Messaging • IP-over-CCSDS Links • Data Archive Ingestion • Navigation • Info. Pack. & Registries • Spacecraft Monitor & Control Twenty-four working groups

5. CCSDS Technical Context: Six Focus Areas Systems Engineering ISO Liaisons Stakeholders Infrastructure providers Missions / Programs CCSDS CCSDS Secretariat CCSDS Management Council (CMC) Space Assigned Numbers Authority CCSDS Engineering Steering Group Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Space Link Services Cross Support Services Mission Operations & Info. Management Space Internetworking Services WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s

6. CCSDS Technical Context: Six Focus Areas ISO Liaisons Stakeholders Infrastructure providers Other TCs Technical Committee 20 (ISO/TC20): Aircraft and Space Vehicles Missions / Programs Missions / Programs CCSDS Subcommittee 13 (ISO/TC20/SC13): Space Data and Information Transfer Systems Subcommittee 14 (ISO/TC20/SC14): Space Systems and Operations Other SCs CCSDS Secretariat CCSDS Management Council (CMC) CCSDS Management Council (CMC) TC20/SC13 Heads of Delegation (CCSDS CMC) ISO Space Assigned Numbers Authority CCSDS Engineering Steering Group (Secretariat: AIAA) (Secretariat: NASA) CCSDS Engineering Steering Group Systems Engineering Spacecraft Onboard Interface Services Mission Operations & Info. Management Operations & Ground Support Space Debris Interfaces, Integration & Test Design Engineering & Production Space Link Services Space Internetworking Services Cross Support Services Environment (natural & induced) Program Management Materials and Processes WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s CCSDS WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s WG’s

7. CCSDS: open international standards for space mission interoperability CCSDS: international focal pointfor space interoperability standards • IETF/IRTF: open international standards for IP suite and Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) • OMG: industry standards for exchange of application information among vendor products • IOAG: interoperable mission support infrastructure • ECSS: European regional standards for space mission support • AIAA: North American regional standards for space mission support • SFCG: space agency frequency management forum

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10. Current CCSDS Status • CCSDS Management Council workshop in Brussels • June 25-27. Follows IOAG meeting • Expect IOAG actions to CCSDS • Major IOAG issue: Cross Support Actions • IOAG wants CCSDS-developed cross-support architecture, catalog • NASA SCaN is developing NASA Consolidated Network Service Architecture for DSN, GN, SN • At IOAG meeting in Spain, NASA’s future SCaN architecture meets ESA’s equivalent • Expect much fallout for CCSDS to work • Business processes: Enable Web-based chartering, document project management, better RID accountability • OMG co-located at this meeting • Plan to discuss overlap, conflicts, collaboration, etc.

11. Current CCSDS Status • ISO TC20/SC13 topics: • Closing in on agreement to have joint Navigation Orbit Data Message format with ISO TC20/SC14 • Had major issues at outset. Finally prevented issue of two competing standards from the two groups • Reopening proposal to ISO to put SC13 and SC14 under a new ISO Technical Committee (TC999) • Would consolidate Space Standards, separate from aviation standards • Technical topics • Some ESA momentum to drive towards plug-n-play and application portability, versus interoperability (NASA focus) • ESA driving very “prescriptive” solutions because of their multinational contracting approach • NASA preferring more interoperability focused topics, more loosely coupled architecture

12. Current CCSDS Status • Constellation (C3I) and CCSDS: • C3I has adopted a mix of standards, some CCSDS, some not • Adopted AOS, CFDP, NASA Experimental LDPC coding • Constellation approach to IP encapsulation is an issue with internationals and some NASA orgs (including DSN) • RIDs to IP over CCSDS take issue with Cx’s IPHDLCAOS approach (from ESA, CNES, BNSC, and NASA) • CCSDS Spacecraft Monitor & Control (SM&C) group is very ESA oriented, started with minimal NASA participation • Initial NASA/C3I assessment: focus is on application portability, not interoperability • Serves ESA needs for multinational contracting approaches • NASA concerns about constraining application functionality and innovation • Cx has become engaged in SM&C, ESA responding well to NASA comments. • New versions of draft documents due soon

13. Current CCSDS Status • CCSDS documents downloaded, last month • List of “top ten” gives insight into what’s “hot” • OAIS has broad application outside of Aerospace industry

14. CCSDS Future Plans • CCSDS Working Group meeting schedule • Fall 2007 in Heppenheim Germany: 10/1 to 10/5 • Between Darmstadt and Heidelberg • Spring 2008 in Colorado Springs: 4/22 to 4/27 • Fall 2008 in Berlin, Germany • Take-home message: • Much work to be done • Enabling Interoperability • Stimulating COTS development to meet needs of space programs • Critical to NASA’s Exploration programs • More NASA centers and programs should be encouraged to log onto CCSDS website, participate in review and comment to CCSDS documents