[CMC Alert] CCSDS Review of CCSDS 320.0-P-6.1, CCSDS Spacecraft Identification Field Code Assignment Control Procedures

[CCSDS Rapporteur]

Control Number: RP 16-28

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

      CCSDS 320.0-P-6.1.  CCSDS Spacecraft Identification Field Code
                          Assignment Control Procedures.  Pink Book.
                          Issue 6.1.  November 2016.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:  This Recommended Standard defines the 
procedures governing assignment, relinquishment, and management of 
CCSDS Spacecraft Identification (SCID) codes.  The current draft 
update adds frequency band as a qualifier for SCID assignment, names 
the SCID qualified by version number and frequency band the Qualified 
SCID (Q-SCID), and replaces the outdated hard-copy request form with 
instruction to use the online form on the Space Assigned Numbers 
Authority (SANA) Web site.

The due date for receipt of Agency review comments by the Review 
Coordinator is 2017-1-31.  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.