Projects

Overview
Project Title	Fragmentation Data Message
Approval	Approved
Document Number	508.2
Charter	2.02 Navigation Working Group
Document Type	Blue
Description of Document	As a new data format in the Navigation Working Group, Mission Operations and Information Management Services Area (MOIMS), the Fragmentation Data Message (FDM) is proposed that contains information relevant to a specific fragmentation event which occurred in orbit. Fragmentation data are expected to be exchanged between entities monitoring the space object environment (networks of Space Surveillance and Tracking sensors), event modellers, and users of a fragmentation analysis service, among them the potentially affected spacecraft operators.
Applicable Patents	There are no patent issues for this technology that are known by the CCSDS community
Patent Comments	None
Survey of Similar Standards Documents or Projects Undertaken in Other Bodies and elsewhere in CCSDS	Three current members of the Navigation Working Group are active in the field of space object fragmentation events. They are not aware of any standardization efforts in this area to date.
Resources
Book Editor
Book Editor Resources	The prospective book editor estimates 8 months +/- 1 month over the period of the document development.
Prototype 1	ESA
Prototype 1 Resources	Given that the ESA representative in the Working Group already has functional software used in fragmentation studies, the adaptation to support a multi-agency standard is viewed as approximately 8 months +/- 1 month.
Prototype 2	Other
Prototype 2 Resources	The second prototype will be developed by another member of the Navigation WG who works for GMV (he represents ESA in the Nav WG). Given that there is already functional GMV software used in fragmentation studies (independent of the software used by ESA), the adaptation to support a multi-agency standard is viewed as approximately 8 months +/- 1 month.
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	CNES, DLR, JAXA, NASA, UKSA
Monitor Only
Resource Comments	No issues known.

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	12/31/2023	CMC-P-2023-12-003
Project Start Date	1/8/2024
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	4/15/2024
First Draft Comments Due	5/15/2024
Second draft circulated to WG	6/30/2025
Second Draft Comments Due	7/31/2025
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	8/15/2025
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	10/15/2025
First Agency Review	1/15/2026
RID Resolution	1/31/2026
Secretariat Document Processing 2
Final Agency Review
RID Resolution
First Prototype Development	7/15/2026
Second Prototype Development	7/15/2026
CMC Approval	9/15/2026
Total Time to Complete (in months)	32