[CCSDS Observers] CCSDS Review of CCSDS 502.0-P-2.1, Orbit Data Messages

[CCSDS Rapporteur]

Control Number: RP 21-32

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

     CCSDS 502.0-P-2.1.  Orbit Data Messages.  Pink Book.  Issue 2.1.
                         October 2021.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:  The Orbit Data Message (ODM) Recommended 
Standard specifies message formats for use in transferring spacecraft 
orbit information between space agencies and commercial or 
governmental spacecraft operators.  The current draft update adds 
Orbit Comprehensive Message, adds MESSAGE_ID keyword to existing 
messages (OPM, OMM, and OEM), discontinues 'Checklist ICD', creates a 
new SANA Registry for normative keyword values for navigation 
messages, and adds several annexes for example and supplementary material.

The due date for receipt of Agency review comments by the CCSDS 
Review Coordinator is 14 December 2021.  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:

     https://public.ccsds.org/review/CCSDS%20502.0-P-2.1/default.aspx

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.