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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear CCSDS Secretariat,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Attached and also listed below, please find a resolution for retiring the Space Link Extension – Forward Space Packet Service Recommended Standard. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">-Erik<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><a name="_Hlk62726246"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">CSS-R-2022-08-001</span></u></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">,
<i>Resolution for Retirement of Space Link Extension Service – Forward Space Packet (CCSDS 912.3)
<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The CSS Area,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">CONSIDERING
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">that there are no known users or missions flying with the CCSDS Recommended Standard, Space Link Extension –
Forward Space Packet Service Specification, CCSDS 912.3, (FSP);<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">and RECONIZING that FSP as currently constituted is incompatible
with CCSDS 350.-B-1, Space Data Link Security Protocol (SDLSP); <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">and DETERMING that revision of FSP to be harmonious with
SDLSP is non-trivial;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">RESOLVES to retire FSP;
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">And REQUESTS that the CCSDS Secretariat initiate the procedure for classifying the FSP as a CCSDS Silver Book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62726246"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[End Resolution]</span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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