[CESG] UN registry of "objects in space", was FW: [EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] NASA Artemis Accords...

Mon May 25 10:06:34 UTC 2020

Dear Peter, 
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.
Our SANA Registry contains, as you outlined, technical information about 
spacecraft.
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.
We can put this topic in the CESG Agenda of next week’s meeting (Meeting 
2, on 3rd June).
Kind regards,
Margherita

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Margherita di Giulio
Ground Station Systems Division
Backend Software Section (OPS-GSB)

European Space Agency ESA/ESOC
Robert-Bosch-Str. 5
D-64293 Darmstadt - Germany
Tel: +49-6151-902779
e-mail: Margherita.di.Giulio at esa.int

From:   "Shames, Peter M\(US 312B\) via CESG" <cesg at mailman.ccsds.org>
To:     "CCSDS Engineering Steering Group - CESG Exec" 
<cesg at mailman.ccsds.org>, "SANA Steering Group (SSG)" 
<ssg at mailman.ccsds.org>
Date:   20/05/2020 18:15
Subject:        [CESG] UN registry of "objects in space", was FW: 
[EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] NASA Artemis Accords...
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Dear CESG and SSG,

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.

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/spaceobjectregister/index.html

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. 

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. 

I think we have something simple and solid to offer in the form of real 
registries that can be used for interoperability.

Thanks, Peter

From: MOIMS-SC <moims-sc-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org> on behalf of Mario 
Merri <Mario.Merri at esa.int>
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 7:35 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] NASA Artemis Accords...

Dear MOIMS standardisation enthusiasts 

 A quick and graphically appealing read, on the NASA Artemis Accords 

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html 

In particular, I would like to draw your attention to the statement: 

Interoperability 
Interoperability of systems is critical to ensure safe and robust space 
exploration. 

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 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. 

Best regards, 

__Mario 
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Dr. Mario MERRI
Head of Mission Operations Data Systems Division (OPS-GD)

Directorate of Operations
European Space Operations Centre - ESOC
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Tel +49 (6151) 90 2292 | Mario.Merri at esa.int  |  www.esa.int/esoc
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