REPORT CONCERNING SPACE
DATA SYSTEM STANDARDS
CCSDS FILE DELIVERY PROTOCOL (CFDP)—
Part 1
Introduction and Overview
CCSDS 720.1-G-1
GREEN BOOK
January 2002
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AUTHORITY
Issue:
Green Book, Issue 1
Date:
January 2002
Location:
N/A
This document has been approved for publication by the Management Council of the
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and reflects the consensus of
technical panel experts from CCSDS Member Agencies. The procedure for review and
authorization of CCSDS Reports is detailed in reference [2].
This document is published and maintained by:
CCSDS Secretariat
Program Integration Division (Code MT)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, DC 20546, USA
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FOREWORD
This document is a CCSDS Report, which contains background and explanatory material to
support the CCSDS Recommendation, CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (reference [1]).
Through the process of normal evolution, it is expected that expansion, deletion, or
modification to this Report may occur. This Report is therefore subject to CCSDS document
management and change control procedures, which are defined in reference [2]. Current
versions of CCSDS documents are maintained at the CCSDS Web site:
http://www.ccsds.org/
Questions relating to the contents or status of this report should be addressed to the CCSDS
Secretariat at the address on page i.
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At time of publication, the active Member and Observer Agencies of the CCSDS were
Member Agencies
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)/Italy.
British National Space Centre (BNSC)/United Kingdom.
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)/Canada.
Centre National dEtudes Spati