ESA Report to CMC ESA / ESTEC, 5th November 2009 Mario Merri (deputising JFK / NPESA CCSDS Delegate)

Importance of Standardisation, IOAG, IOP in ESA Engineering Standardisation is considered strategic for ESA to  Reduce technical risks in space / ground systems and operations  Reduce cost of space / ground segment systems and operations  Allow interoperability within and across organizations  Increase competitiveness of European Industry  Establish the baseline for the development of the ESA ground segment infrastructure  Maintain the leadership in space / ground segment systems and operations and avoid insurgence of undesired standards ESA participation in IOAG is now spread through ESA  Presentation at ESA Standardisation Steering Board ESSB was done some months ago  Role of IOAG / IOP exposed to ESA DB (Director Board) and ESSB  D/OPS has now the mandate to represent the interest of Program Directorates (consultation, coordination, direct involvement)  ESA position in IOAG concerning standards is to be endorsed by ESSB (coordinated at ECSS level if needed) CCSDS is not subordinated to IOAG  IOAG is addressing more than standards (e.g. operation cross support)  CCSDS is addressing other standards than those contemplated by IOAG

ESA specific statements ESA is supporting CCSDS all main areas of Engineering Standardization:  Interoperable On-board / Ground Interfaces  Highly Efficient Communications  Mission Operations Services  Data Interchange and Archiving Services  System Engineering  Software Engineering  35 staff / industrial support at CCSDS ESA / ESTEC Meeting ESA believes that  more effort needs to be put in SM&C, SOIS and Architectures/Models  a new Catalogue 3 (MO Services) to be defined, once Catalogue 1 and 2 are agreed with IOAG

ESA specific statements ESA is convinced that ECSS PUS Standard will enrich the CCSDS suite allowing non European Agencies its use as a recognised international recommended standard  Therefore ESA will recommend the creation of a WG under the MOIMS Area ESA 2009 resources for CCSDS activities have been slightly reduced (ca. 20%), but  ESA is also supporting CCSDS work via its Technology Programmes, e.g.  Ground Architecture to support CFDP, DTN, IP  Space Internetworking protocols  Data Handling System – Application plug & Play, etc

ESA Issues / Concerns Lack of CCSDS based model and Reference Architecture (i.e. the Super BOF)  Condition: Way forward is agreed by all Agencies Different approaches to solve the same type of problems across areas (e.g. SM&C GB and DTN GB) CCSDS is publishing more MBs / GBs than BBs SW libraries / demos implementing standards shall be freely available