<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear CMC</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You will find below the response of
the IOAG Chair upon my request, done as CCSDS-IOAG liaison, and as a consequence
of the action placed upon the CESG Chairs in the last CMC meeting</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ciao</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">nestor</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#800080 face="sans-serif">----- Forwarded by Nestor
Peccia/esoc/ESA on 01/03/2016 14:23 -----</font>
<br>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Michael Schmidt/esoc/ESA</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Nestor Peccia/esoc/ESA@ESA</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Jean-Marc.Soula@cnes.fr,
martin.pilgram@dlr.de, rolf.kozlowski@dlr.de, shigeta.tsutomu@jaxa.jp,
philip.e.liebrecht@nasa.gov, MCOSBY@qinetiq.com, siahn@kari.re.kr, pierre.jean@asc-csa.gc.ca,
kenneth.lord@canada.ca, xuyansong@cnsa.gov.cn, fabio.damico@asi.it, li.lj@263.net.cn,
heshanbao@cast.cn, stephanie.wan@nasa.gov, barbara.adde@nasa.gov, wallace.s.tai@jpl.nasa.gov</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">01/03/2016 07:50</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">IOAG: Response
to Action on Lunar & Mars Missions</font>
<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear Nestor,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have asked the IOAG delegates to confirm
whether a working group should be created to assess the standardisation
needs for the future Moon and Mars missions. I have received a response
from most of the agencies (UKSA, CNSA, ASI, KARI, CNES, DLR, ESA, CSA).
The response is positive, i.e. the IOAG intend to perform the requested
assessment of the standardisation needs. At this point in time I intend
to establish a coordination team that collects and discuss the inputs that
might be provided. I will ask the delegates to confirm this approach. We
might decide at a later stage to establish a formal WG with the task of
creating a formal report.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For the time being the following questions
were raised:</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">a) Should
we look at Moon and Mars missions or only at Moon missions?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">b) Should
we limit ourselves to the 4 questions identified by NASA in the presentation:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">1.Are your Lunar<strike> </strike>missions
planning to be cross-supported by any communication assets, e.g., ground
station or relay orbiter, of any other agencies?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">2.What are the standards, CCSDS or industry
standards, to be used by your Lunar missions?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">3.Do you know if there are any standards
that your Lunar missions would like to use but currently are not accepted
by IOAG?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">4.Do you know if there are any capabilities
that your Lunar missions would like to use but currently are not available?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">c) Should
we limit ourselves to the currently planned Lunar and Mars missions or
should we also look at potential future missions, e.g. Cubesats? There
is for example an initiative to look at a possible commercial communications
network to support Moon / Mars missions.</font>
<br>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The vast majority of the agencies agreed
to look at the Moon and Mars missions. One of the reasons is that the upcoming
Moon missions should be considered as a precursor to the future Mars missions
and it should be avoided to create specific infrastructure or standards
only for the Moon missions. They should be applicable if possible also
for the Mars missions. However, the emphasis of this assessment at this
point in time will probably be on the Moon missions.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All agencies also expressed their intention
to provide cross-support. The details are still to be defined.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The answers concerning the specific standards
under point b (see above) are not yet very extensive. All agencies expressed
their intention to apply the CCSDS standards but they didn’t yet identify
the gaps. This will be performed in the second step of this exercise.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In addition several agencies suggested
to limit the assessment not only to the institutional missions but also
to take into account commercial missions and potentially also cubesats.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If considered useful I can also provide
the detailed responses from the various agencies.</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Please let me know if you require any
further inputs at this point in time.</font>
<p>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Kind Regards</font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Michael</font>
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