[TechEditor] FW: [EXTERNAL] Re: On Prox-1 Books -

Fri Nov 7 16:45:20 EST 2025

Where we left things off on Physical Layer

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Natalya Stepanova
Technical Writer
Codes 581, 583, 589
Contractor, MCSG Technologies
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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talyana at gmail.com

From: Clemens Heese <Clemens.Heese at esa.int>
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
To: Nicola Maturo <Nicola.Maturo at esa.int>, "Stepanova, Natalya (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc]" <natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: On Prox-1 Books -

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Dear Nicola,

In this case we would use a ‘pink book’ instead of pink sheets. See below definition in A02.1-Y-4 Cor. 2:

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Regards,

Clemens

From: Nicola Maturo <Nicola.Maturo at esa.int>
Date: Wednesday, 5. November 2025 at 10:20
To: Stepanova, Natalya (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc] <natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov>
Cc: Clemens Heese <Clemens.Heese at esa.int>
Subject: RE: On Prox-1 Books -
Dear Natalya,

I am very sorry to hear about the problems you are having at NASA during this period. I sincerely hope the situation resolves soon.

Regarding the 211.1 (RFM Proxi-1 Blue Book), the file I sent you is the complete new version. It includes all content from the old book as well as the new updates.
Previously, version 211.1 was only applicable to the UHF bandwidth, so it was not necessary to split the content. However, this new update introduces the S-Band, which required us to separate the content applicable to UHF from the content applicable to S-Band.
To make the distinction between UHF and S-Band as clear as possible, the Working Group (WG) decided to completely restructure the Blue Book.
Here is an overview of the new structure:

  *   Sections 1-3: Contain the introduction and concepts common to both UHF and S-Band (primarily content from the old book).
  *   Section 4: Contains the content specific to UHF (primarily content from the old book).
  *   Section 5: Contains the new content covering the S-Band update.

As mentioned, while the first four sections are mostly composed of existing content, they required significant editorial adaptation to be coherent with the new book structure.
Because of this comprehensive structural change, I find it difficult to extract only the new or modified sections for review; the entire book was affected.

My Recommendation: I recommend sending the entire book (the file I sent, finalized with your modifications) for the polling/review. Since the structure of the book itself has been so deeply affected, I believe it needs to be reviewed in its entirety.
From what I understand of the CCSDS rules, this should still be permissible. Even though the entire book is being submitted, it should still classify as a "pink sheet" (a modification to an existing book) rather than a "Red Book" (a new publication). Unfortunately, I am not an expert on this specific aspect.

To that end, I am copying Clemens, the SLS Area Director, on this email to get his official opinion on the CCSDS regulatory side.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

Regards,

Nicola

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From: Stepanova, Natalya (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc] <natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov>
Sent: 04 November 2025 22:49
To: Nicola Maturo <Nicola.Maturo at esa.int>
Subject: FW: On Prox-1 Books -

Dear Nicola,
We’ve been dealing with a lot of craziness here at NASA. Without boring you with too many details, we are facing an interruption in our ability to work in the near future (as soon as next week). We are trying to see if we can push out the 3 shorter Proximity-1 books for review before we are interrupted, so that perhaps at least the polling can be happening while we figure out what’s next. So, we were looking through our archives to determine what’s next for each book, and while it seems that for 2 other 211 books the path is pink sheets > blue book, for 211.1-B-5 I see this:

  1.  211.1-B-5 (Physical Layer-RFM) – Nicola Maturo

     *   Natalya received it as a Blue Book. Title says “Pink”.
     *   Approach is to add this whole new section to the Blue Book and get a new version

I am confused by the second bullet. So, this book is not being released as pink sheets or blue book? To which blue book are we adding this section? A section or an Annex?
This will be my first poll/review, and it’s an unfortunate time to be doing it with most of our NASA civil servants furloughed, so if you could help walk me through the correct path for this book in order to move things along even if we are temporarily out of the picture, I would appreciate it. We are trying really hard not to block the progress too much, but circumstances are not making it easy.
Sincerely,
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Natalya Stepanova
Technical Writer
Codes 581, 583, 589
Contractor, MCSG Technologies
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Building 23 | Room TBD
M: 361.945.5515
natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov<mailto:natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov>
talyana at gmail.com<mailto:talyana at gmail.com>

From: "Kazz, Greg (US 312B)" <greg.j.kazz at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:greg.j.kazz at jpl.nasa.gov>>
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
To: "Rodriguez, Shannon (GSFC-5660)" <shannon.rodriguez-1 at nasa.gov<mailto:shannon.rodriguez-1 at nasa.gov>>, Andrea Modenini <Andrea.Modenini at esa.int<mailto:Andrea.Modenini at esa.int>>, Nicola Maturo <Nicola.Maturo at ext.esa.int<mailto:Nicola.Maturo at ext.esa.int>>
Cc: "Lee, Dennis K (JPL-9750)[JPL Employee]" <dennis.k.lee at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:dennis.k.lee at jpl.nasa.gov>>, Clemens Heese <Clemens.Heese at esa.int<mailto:Clemens.Heese at esa.int>>, "Lux, Jim (JPL-3370)[JPL Employee]" <james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov>>, "Stepanova, Natalya (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc]" <natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov<mailto:natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov>>, "Stablein, Lee M. (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc]" <lee.m.stablein at nasa.gov<mailto:lee.m.stablein at nasa.gov>>, "Singh, Somendra {Simon} (GSFC-5820)" <simon.singh at nasa.gov<mailto:simon.singh at nasa.gov>>
Subject: Re: On Prox-1 Books -

Hi Shannon,

My answers below.

thanks,
Greg
From: Rodriguez, Shannon (GSFC-5660) <shannon.rodriguez-1 at nasa.gov<mailto:shannon.rodriguez-1 at nasa.gov>>
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
To: Kazz, Greg (US 312B) <greg.j.kazz at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:greg.j.kazz at jpl.nasa.gov>>, Andrea Modenini <Andrea.Modenini at esa.int<mailto:Andrea.Modenini at esa.int>>, Nicola Maturo <Nicola.Maturo at ext.esa.int<mailto:Nicola.Maturo at ext.esa.int>>
Cc: Lee, Dennis K (US 9750) <dennis.k.lee at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:dennis.k.lee at jpl.nasa.gov>>, Clemens Heese <Clemens.Heese at esa.int<mailto:Clemens.Heese at esa.int>>, Lux, Jim (US 3370) <james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov>>, Stepanova, Natalya (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc] <natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov<mailto:natalya.stepanova at nasa.gov>>, Stablein, Lee M. (GSFC-580.0)[MCSG Technologies, Inc] <lee.m.stablein at nasa.gov<mailto:lee.m.stablein at nasa.gov>>, Singh, Somendra {Simon} (GSFC-5820) <simon.singh at nasa.gov<mailto:simon.singh at nasa.gov>>
Subject: On Prox-1 Books -
Hello guys,

Just want to make sure we have the right approach for the Tech Editors on the Prox-1 books, so they can continue working during a US government shutdown. If any comments or answers to questions, please reply all. We are still learning the process.

  1.  235.1-W-0.4 (Session Access Control) – Greg Kazz

     *   This will be published as white book only? I guess I may have missed this along the way. ** It will be RED-1 for agency review **

  1.  211.0-B-7 (Data Link Layer) – Gregg Kazz

     *   Natalya received it as a Pink book from Greg

     *   Approach is to implement pink sheets into a released blue book, correct? ** yes **

  1.  211.1-B-5 (Physical Layer-RFM) – Nicola Maturo

     *   Natalya received it as a Blue Book. Title says “Pink”.
     *   Approach is to add this whole new section to the Blue Book and get a new version

  1.  211.2-B-4 (Coding and Sync) – Andrea Modenini

     *   Include technical corrigenda (2019)
     *   Received a blue book
     *   Approach is to release a new version blue book.

General approach: Hold on until all books are ready for Agency review since they are all related. ** Yes **

Thanks,
Shannon

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