Projects

Overview
Project Title	Optical Communications Concepts and Terminologies
Approval	Approved
Document Number	140.0
Charter	5.10 Optical Communications Working Group
Document Type	Green
Description of Document	This Green Book will define common terminology and atmospheric models to be used in link and pointing budget calculations and define a basic concept of operations, including handovers from one location to the next. For glossary and terminology issues SANA will be consulted in coordination. Contents of the Green Book: • Terminology Definition • Atmospheric Models • Link and Pointing Budget Calculation • Examples of Concepts of Operations
Applicable Patents	There are no patent issues for this technology that are known by the CCSDS community
Patent Comments
Survey of Similar Standards Documents or Projects Undertaken in Other Bodies and elsewhere in CCSDS
Resources
Book Editor	ESA
Book Editor Resources	6mm
Prototype 1	Not Required
Prototype 1 Resources
Prototype 2	Not Required
Prototype 2 Resources
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	CNES, DLR, NASA
Monitor Only	JAXA
Resource Comments

Schedule

Legend for Schedule Milestones = Required for Orange Books = Required for Green Books = Required for Magenta Books = Required for Blue Books Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books Schedule Milestones	Original Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Comments (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project Approved	1/1/2014
Project Start Date	6/1/2014
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	11/1/2016
First Draft Comments Due	2/1/2017
Second draft circulated to WG	11/1/2017
Second Draft Comments Due	12/1/2017
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	2/1/2022
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	6/1/2022	Start of Review after CESG + CMC Polls
First Agency Review
RID Resolution
Secretariat Document Processing 2
Final Agency Review
RID Resolution
First Prototype Development
Second Prototype Development
CMC Approval	3/3/2016	Includes Final Secretariat Document Processing + CESG Poll + CMC Poll for PUBLICA TION
Total Time to Complete (in months)	21