[CMC Alert] CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-RP-24.1, RF&Mod Earth Stations and Spacecraft

[CCSDS Rapporteur]

Control Number: RP 14-18

The following draft CCSDS Recommended Standard has been placed on 
line for CCSDS Agency review:

    CCSDS 401.0-RP-24.1.  Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems--
                          Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft.
                          Red/Pink Sheets.  Issue 24.1.  July 2014.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:  Numerous concise recommendations appear in the 
notebook volume bearing the number 401.0-B.  Each recommendation is 
dated, and the most recent revision is shown in the table of 
contents.  These Recommendations are developed for conventional 
near-Earth and deep-space missions having moderate communications 
requirements.  The current draft adds new recommendations 2.4.22A and 
2.4.22B and updates recommendation 4.1.5.

The due date for receipt of Agency review comments by the Review 
Coordinator is 2014-10-7.  More information is available at the Web 
site identified below.

The review document, in Portable Document Format (PDF), and 
associated review materials are available for downloading at the 
following location:

      http://public.ccsds.org/review/

REMINDER:  Agency Heads of Delegation are to make their own 
arrangements for review participation by their Agency-sponsored Associates.

NOTE: Per CMC Action Item CMC-A-2007-10-05, agency reviewers are 
reminded to review for compliance with the CCSDS Publications Manual 
as well as technical content.