Projects

Overview
Project Title	Atmospheric Characterization for Optical Communications Systems
Approval	Approved
Document Number	140.1
Charter	5.10 Optical Communications Working Group
Document Type	Green
Description of Document	This Green Book will define the physical quantities to be measured at existing and potential optical ground station sites in support of space-Earth links CFLOS (Cloud-Free Line-Of-Sight) and link budget calculations. Contents of the Green Book: • Physical Quantities to be Measured • Material supporting the use of the parameters o Long term statistics o Real-time measurements o Predictive Weather
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	Other
Book Editor Resources	4mm (NICT) Japan is Book Editor
Prototype 1	Not Required
Prototype 1 Resources
Prototype 2	Not Required
Prototype 2 Resources
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	ESA, NASA
Monitor Only	CNES, DLR, 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	12/28/2013
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	5/30/2014	After Spring 14 Meeting
First Draft Comments Due	9/30/2014	Before Fall 14 Meeting
Second draft circulated to WG	3/1/2015	Just Before Fall 2015 Meeting
Second Draft Comments Due	7/30/2015	After Fall 2015 Meeting
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	11/30/2015	After Spring 2016 Meeting
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	12/31/2015	Date of CESG Poll start
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)	26