Phillip Fishbein, Applied Optimization, Inc.; Tamara Payne, Altamira Technologies Corp.; Anil Chaudhary, Applied Optimization Inc.; Francis Chun, U.S. Air Force Academy; Timothy Giblin, i2 Strategic Services LLC; David Strong, Strong EO Imaging, Inc.; Charles J. Wetterer, KBR; Trenton Godar, United States Space Force; Veronica Wiley, United States Space Force
Keywords: Standardized fields, E-O data reporting, data pedigree, panchromatic, multi-spectral, spectroscopy, polarimetry, spectropolarimetry
Abstract:
The Electro-Optical Space Situational Awareness (EOSSA) data standard has played an important role in the SSA and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) community since its first release in 2014 by defining a standardized set of data fields, including the pedigree of processing the photometry data, making the information contained therein easier to find, access, and reuse for SSA and SDA purposes. The original EOSSA standard developed in 2014 defined data fields for panchromatic and multi-spectral photometry. Data fields for LWIR radiometry were added in 2021 alongside other revisions and conditions based on community feedback. The EOSSA data fields and data tables described in these previous releases easily translate to the construction of database tables to line up with the more ubiquitous use of databases like the Unified Data Library (UDL). With this broader vision for EOSSA, we have refactored the EOSSA file format description document to be a data Field Description Document (FDD).
This paper reports on a major revision of the EOSSA standard: the definition of the data fields needed to report spectroscopy, polarimetry, and spectropolarimetry data as a logical extension of the data fields used to report panchromatic and multi-spectral photometry data. Note that these data sets are voluminous, and the standardized data fields are critical in organizing the data so that it can be used and reused across the SSA/SDA community. We will describe the logical progression of EOSSA data fields from panchromatic photometry to spectropolarimetry. Additionally, this revision provides guidance for using the newly standardized naming convention for spectral filters, rules for defining names of non-conventional filters, data fields for polarimetric data, standardization of the polarization filter names, and order rules. Data providers can find the public release version of EOSSA Release 5 FDD on the AMOS conference website.
Distribution A. Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. (PA #USAFA-DF-2025-188)
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Date of Conference: September 16-19, 2025
Track: Satellite Characterization