The PACSAT Protocols define file transfer protocols for use by 
LOW Earth Orbit Packet Radio Satellites (PACSATs).

These protocols are currently in use on AO-16, LO-19, UO-14, 
UO-22, KO-23, KO-25, IO-26, and PoSAT.  They are also in use on 
three pure commercial spacecraft, the upcoming UNAMSAT mission,
and six missions under development.

Most of these files contain the original text of the papers
that define the Pacsat Protocols.  Other files contain updates to
those documents.  The updates will be rolled into the base documents
at some time in the far future, probably on another timeline. I don't
know why I even mentioned it. In any case, only the base + update 
represents the true protocol. - NK6K

Contact Information:

Dr. Jeff Ward
Technical Director
Surrey Satellite Technology, Ltd.
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH
England
j.w.ward@ee.surrey.ac.uk

Harold Price
President
BekTek, Inc.
5949 Pudding Stone Lane
Bethel Park, PA  15102
hprice@bektek.com


Contents								 

INTRO.TXT       PACSAT Protocol Suite Overview

BROADCST.TXT    Text of the original broadcast protocol specification.
BDCASTU1.TXT    Fixes to the original broadcast protocol spec.
BDCASTU2.TXT    Directory broadcast specification.
BDCASTU3.TXT    Implementation details.

FTL0.TXT        FTL0 protocol specification.  The download portions
                have been superseded in practice by the broadcast 
                protocol.
FTL0U1.TXT      Corrections and implementation notes to FTL0

FHEAD.TXT       PACSAT File Header Definition
CTYPES.TXT      The current list of compression types.
FTYPES.TXT      The current list of file types. 

DATASPEC.TXT    PACSAT Data Specification Standards

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