[Css-csts] Changes in CSTS Working Group

[Margherita.di.Giulio at esa.int]

Dear CSTS Working Group members,

since the Fall Meeting in The Hague from some days ago, there have been 
some events which will have an impact on our Working Group.

The Meeting of the CMC ( CCSDS Management Council) has taken place at 
ESOC, in the week following the Fall Meeting.
In that occasion I have been appointed as Nestor Peccia's successor as 
CESG Chair, at least for 2018.
The immediate effect for the CSTS WG  - and for the CSS Area -  is that I 
will completely step out.
As you all know, Holger Dreihahn had already been appointed as new WG 
Chairman, and  he is meanwhile fully up-to-speed .
I am sure he will very efficiently lead the activities of the group, with 
everybody's support.
Concerning my role of Deputy Area Director, in the next weeks the required 
steps will be undertaken, to provide candidates by all Agencies and then 
to select one of them.

The activities of the CSTS WG are meanwhile quite advanced. Actually, 
those from the original Charter are approaching their completion.
But new projects have been (or will be)  started,  which will keep the WG 
busy for some time.
Let me summarise the  status of the WG activities to date: 

- the draft project "Forward Frame CSTS" in the CWE Framework  has been 
fully filled-in with all required resources. All the due dates for the 
various project phases have been discussed and agreed within the WG at the 
Fall Meeting . The AD will shortly issue the resolution about the 
formalisation of the new Project . As you know, the WG already started 
working on this recommendation and,  actually, the work is rather 
advanced.

- the Agency Review for Tracking Data CSTS has been completed at the Fall 
Meeting. All RIDs have been dispositioned, and now the book is being 
updated by Wolfgang and it should be ready shortly. Unfortunately, 
however, it cannot be sent to publication, because the Prototype 
development is not yet completed. Once it will be completed, there could 
potentially still be changes to the book, should the prototype development 
reveal any shortcoming..

- the "CSTS Guideline"  has completed the CMC Poll, and will shortly be 
submitted  to Agency Review.  By the way, the Working Group has already 
found some issues, which can be turned into RIDs during the Review.

- the "CSTS Concept" is (almost) ready for publication as Green Book, 
pending one modification that Wolfgang will  carry out. 

-  the good news for the CSTS WG -  but also for the CSS Area -  is about 
Service Control CSTS. At the CESG meeting, as well as at the  IOAG meeting 
which I have attended few days ago, I brought up the fact that  "Service 
Control CSTS", which the CSS Area considers essential, does not appear in 
any Service Catalogue of  IOAG, and therefore it is not in the to-do-list 
of  CCSDS. The outcome of that discussion was that this issue shall 
shortly  be addressed by the IOAG. Their Working Group  in charge of 
defining the "Catalogues" of the required services will address that with 
the member Agencies. Then (hopefully) that service will be inserted into 
the update of the Catalogue. This will in turn drive the prioritisation 
within CCSDS for the relevant development of the service specification.

I hope I have not overlooked anything. 

We shall still see each other during  the technical meetings, as I will 
still be around in CCSDS . in my new role.
Good luck, and ... keep up the good work !

Margherita

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Margherita di Giulio
Ground Station Back-end Section (OPS-GIB)

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


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