[MOIMS-NAV-EXEC] FW: [MOIMS] Use of CCSDS Standards for Mission Operations Interoperability in the LOP-G Program

[Berry, David S (3920)]

All:

Recall that at the recent Spring 2018 meetings, Area Director Mario Merri requested that we consider how the MOIMS standards might be used to support the LOP-G (Lunar Operations Platform - Gateway). As we were requested, we had a couple of discussions about this.

Mario has consolidated material from the MOIMS WGs, and his submission to the LOPG-G management is linked below.

Regards,
David


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Date: Monday, May 28, 2018 at 4:13 AM
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Subject: [MOIMS] Use of CCSDS Standards for Mission Operations Interoperability in the LOP-G Program

Dear Colleagues,
Mission operations is the program aspect that ties all systems and components together.  As such, mission operations concepts and standards should be part of the very early planning phases of any mission.  It is recommended that the International Deep Space Interoperability Standards document suite include a volume dedicated to mission operations interoperability standards applicable to both space and ground segment systems.
The Deep Space Interoperability Standards team should carefully consider adopting standards from the broad set of operations-related standards developed within the Mission Operations and Information Management Services (MOIMS) Area of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS).
MOIMS standards are dedicated to interoperability services and data formats defining a basic set of interfaces, interactions and services common in the Space and Ground domains. A general trend is the movement of intelligent applications from Ground to Space and the standards are an enabler for this movement due to their common nature and technology abstractions.
Reasons for early inclusion of CCSDS MOIMS standards in the Deep Space Programs include:
-        Hard lessons learned in the early phases of the ISS. The lack of upfront definition of operations standards has resulted in a very complicated ground segment with duplication of the similar interfaces
-        The set of MOIMS standards currently available includes key standards that are commonly used in most of space missions today.
-        LOP-G is already considering several related CCSDS standards for communications and security, and the same rationale is applicable for the use of MOIMS Standards.
-        MOIMS Services focus on the interface boundaries, with minimal invasion into the hosting systems.  Therefore, they are easily usable on new or legacy and space and ground systems.
-        MOIMS Standards simplify the integration of systems (legacy and new applications) and support heterogeneous communications protocols, therefore facilitating and simplifying inter-agency co-operation.
-        MOIMS Standards are developed internationally and approved by the 11 CCSDS space agencies. They are the technical foundation for smooth international cooperation.
-        Over time, mission operations concepts and procedure will mature and change, driving the LOP-G system in ways not currently considered.  Mature interface and service standards can help simplify system redirection / expansion.
-        The MOIMS service framework allows easy expansion of new capabilities as locally-defined services or as new Mission Operations (MO) standards through CCSDS. In particular, its modular architecture enables inclusion of new services at a very late stage of project development with no need to redesign the already developed components/applications.
-        MOIMS standards facilitate avoidance of unneeded software developments.
The MOIMS area is very interested in providing its set of standards to the LOP-G community. For this reason, should we identify the need of a specific standard that is not covered by the available set, we are ready to be flexible and, if agreed by the participating agencies, adapt the MOIMS workplan to the LOP-G needs. Clearly, LOP-G agency staff are welcomed to contribute to the work.
We also would like to re-mark the fact that the MOIMS includes the “Telerobotics Working Group” that unfortunately has been dormant for a couple of year due to lack of interest from the agencies. We think instead that standards in this field would be critical in a multi-asset and multi-organization set up as the LOP-G one. We would very welcome a revived interest by space agencies boosted by the LOP-G interest in order to re-start the work of this working group.
A whitepaper has been prepared to provide an overview of available mission operations standards that can directly benefit large missions such as the Lunar Orbital Platform – Gateway.  The paper has been submitted as comment to the call made by the International Deep Space Standards group (https://www.internationaldeepspacestandards.com/comment/, but it is not clear if the on-line submission was successful as no positive feedback was received) and has been posted to the public CCSDS MOIMS Site at
https://cwe.ccsds.org/moims/docs/MOIMS%20Area/LOP-G/180525%20CCSDS%20MOIMS%20Input%20to%20LOP-G%20Final.pdf
We would appreciate if you could consider our comment and pass it to whoever may be concerned.
Best regards,

Mario Merri                                                   Brigitte Behal
MOIMS Area Director                                 MOIMS Deputy Area Director
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