What is BS EN 16604‑30‑03 about?
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 is an international standard that covers aspects of Space Situational Awareness Monitoring.
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 specifies the observing system data message (OSDM) as a standard message format to be used in the exchange of optical telescope, laser ranging station, and radar (observing systems) information between Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data providers, owners/operators of observing systems, and other parties.
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 is applicable to all SSA activities, especially Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) as well as near-Earth objects (NEO), and other fields where the acquisition of astrometric and photometric data plays a role (e.g., space debris, observational astronomy).
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 contains a message designed to contain observing system parameters exchanged between producers and consumers of astrometric and/or photometric data. These data include observing system name, location, type (optical/radar), operator, and tracking/survey performance.
Note: The OSDM is suitable for both manual and automated interaction but will not contain a large amount of data. The message is self-contained and can be paired with several Tracking Data Messages (TDM – specified reference), FITS images (specified in reference), or other formats containing the observation data.
Who is BS EN 16604‑30‑03 for?
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 on space situational awareness monitoring is useful for:
- Space agencies
- Spacecraft operators
- Spacecraft parts manufacturer
- Space Surveillance and Tracking
- Tracking Data Messages system
Why should you use BS EN 16604‑30‑03?
These messages can inform SSA data providers, which are the consumers of observing system output data, on the parameters of the observing systems. The OSDM is an ASCII format file, encode as either plain text or XML.
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 enables consistent data exchange between observation data providers and SSA systems. It facilitates data exchange automation and ingestion of observation data from different providers and SSA system architecture performance simulations. It provides you with a quick way to estimate the expected performance from one observing system.
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 defines OSDM as containing information about one observing system, information about the message itself, identification of the observing system, reference performance, observing system location, and observing system performance parameters.
BS EN 16604‑30‑03 gives information that can be used by SSA operators, space agencies, and spacecraft operators in order to determine proper OD configuration or to simulate observing system performance. The OSDM can be utilized for passive optical telescopes, SLR stations, and radars both on the ground and in orbit.
