<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Dear Peter, </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Indeed the Partners
of the Artemis Accord are supposed to join the Registration Convention
of the UN. I have glanced through the UN Registry – which is really huge
– and I understood that its role is to mainly (although not
only) address legal aspects of space objects.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Our SANA Registry
contains, as you outlined, technical information about spacecraft.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Your proposal
to approach the Artemis Program – and the UN – about adopting the
SANA registries as part of the Artemis interoperability strategy looks
interesting to me. I assume the liaison will be established via/by the
SSG.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">We can put this
topic in the CESG Agenda of next week’s meeting (Meeting 2, on 3<sup>rd</sup>
June).</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Kind regards,<br>
Margherita</span>
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</span><span style=" font-size:8pt;color:#00a1e0;font-family:Verdana"><b>Margherita
di Giulio</b></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:8pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Verdana">Ground
Station Systems Division</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:8pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Verdana">Backend
Software Section (OPS-GSB)</span>
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Space Agency ESA/ESOC</b><br>
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Tel: +49-6151-902779<br>
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<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">From:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"Shames,
Peter M\(US 312B\) via CESG" <cesg@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">To:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"CCSDS
Engineering Steering Group - CESG Exec" <cesg@mailman.ccsds.org>,
"SANA Steering Group (SSG)" <ssg@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Date:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">20/05/2020
18:15</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">[CESG]
UN registry of "objects in space", was FW: [EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc]
NASA Artemis Accords...</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Sent
by: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"CESG"
<cesg-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
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<hr noshade>
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<br>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Dear
CESG and SSG,</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">While
looking at the Artemis website provided in this note from Mario I found
a reference to a Registry of Space Objects that is also a part of this
Artemis Program. Searching for that, and following the links, took
me to a UN site tied somehow to COPUOUS (Committee on Peaceful Uses of
Space) and to a site that is the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA).
This website has the space objects registry.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><a href=https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/spaceobjectregister/index.html><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:Calibri"><u>https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/spaceobjectregister/index.html</u></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">This
site says " To date over 86% of all satellites, probes, landers, crewed
spacecraft and space station flight elements launched into Earth orbit
or beyond have been registered with the Secretary-General." I
was curious as to just what this "registry" looks like so I visited
the site and downloaded a representative record. The site is a simple
list of entries, one per spacecraft, or set of spacecraft. I downloaded
one of the recent records, labelled " ST/SG/SER.E/929" from Canada,
dated 17 Feb 2020. This web page has a list of files in different
languages, so I downloaded the English version. That is attached
for reference (file V2001544). It is a PDF file of text which contains
the Canadian submission, the name(s) of the three spacecraft (in this case),
UN assigned unique identifiers, details of owner, contact, launch date,
vehicle, and location, purpose, basic orbital parameters, and not much
else. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">So
registration in this site is apparently being asked of the partners in
Artemis. But as a registry it is pretty limited and offers none of
the features that we have in the SANA Spacecraft and Service Site and Aperture
(SS&A) registry that will be really important for supporting functional
interoperability. This would include frequency band assignments,
SCIDs, protocols in use, and offered services. I'd like us to discuss
this as a CESG item and reach some agreement on whether we should approach
both the Artemis Program and UNOOSA about adopting the SANA registries
as an active part of the Artemis interoperability strategy. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">I
think we have something simple and solid to offer in the form of real registries
that can be used for interoperability.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Thanks,
Peter</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>From:
</b>MOIMS-SC <moims-sc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org> on behalf of Mario
Merri <Mario.Merri@esa.int><b><br>
Date: </b>Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 7:35 AM<b><br>
To: </b>"moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org" <moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org>,
"moims-nav@mailman.ccsds.org" <moims-nav@mailman.ccsds.org>,
MOIMS-SC MOIMS-SC <moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org>, "moims-mp@mailman.ccsds.org"
<moims-mp@mailman.ccsds.org><b><br>
Cc: </b>"Nicolas.Bobrinsky@esa.int" <Nicolas.Bobrinsky@esa.int>,
CCSDS Engineering Steering Group - CESG Exec <cesg@mailman.ccsds.org><b><br>
Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] NASA Artemis Accords...</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Dear
MOIMS standardisation enthusiasts</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
A quick and graphically appealing read, on the NASA Artemis Accords</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:Calibri"><u><br>
</u></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html"><span style=" font-size:12pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><u>https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
In particular, I would like to draw your attention to the statement:</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><b><i><br>
Interoperability</i></b></span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><i><br>
Interoperability of systems is critical to ensure safe and robust space
exploration.</i></span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><i><br>
Therefore, the Artemis Accords call for partner nations to utilize open
international standards, develop new standards when necessary, and strive
to support interoperability to the greatest extent practical.</i></span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
I plead our NASA colleagues to communicate the good work that we are doing
in the MOIMS to the Artemis programme and to feedback and need that it
is currently not covered by our plan of work. Even better, if we could
establish a more permanent link with the Artemis teams dealing with standards.</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Best regards,</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
<br>
</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
__Mario</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
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