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

Tue May 26 16:16:48 UTC 2020

Dear Margherita,

Thanks for the support for exploring this suggestion.   Please do put it on the agenda.

I think that there are really two separate kinds of liaisons we could explore, one is CCSDS to UNOOSA (and probably UNCOPUOS which David Berry is already working with).  That could look like a process for coordinating registries (especially if the UNOOSA actually had a registry and opposed to a list of docs).  The other is a CCSDS to Partners of the Artemis Accord liaison.  I think that would be more of an operational liaison, with us offering the CCSDS registries as an active way of registering and managing the data about organizations, points of contact, protocol features, and services.

Thanks, Peter

From: "Margherita.di.Giulio at esa.int" <Margherita.di.Giulio at esa.int>
Date: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 3:06 AM
To: Peter Shames <peter.m.shames at jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: CCSDS Engineering Steering Group - CESG Exec <cesg at mailman.ccsds.org>, CESG <cesg-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org>, "SANA Steering Group (SSG)" <ssg at mailman.ccsds.org>
Subject: Re: [CESG] UN registry of "objects in space", was FW: [EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] NASA Artemis Accords...

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

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

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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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