Overview

Project Title

Revise SDLS Extended Procedures BB to adress constellations

Approval

Approved

Document Number

355.1-B-2

Charter

5.09 Space Data Link Security WG

Document Type

Blue

Description of Document

Revision of SDLS Extended Procedures to add key management procedures enabling generation and exchange of symmetric keys in order to secure space links using SDLS within large constellations. This project is linked to 2 draft projects of the SEA/SEC and SDLS WG aiming at standardizing a key exchange procedure (so-called Triple KEM) and required cryptographic building blocks (revision of Cryptographic algorithm BB).

Applicable Patents

There are no patent issues for this technology that are known by the CCSDS community

Patent Comments

Survey of Similar Standards
Documents or Projects
Undertaken in Other Bodies
and elsewhere in CCSDS

No standard available for securing space to space links. Project aims to extend applicability of SDLS to inter-satellite links and large constellations.

Resources

Book Editor

NASA

Book Editor Resources

4 Man.month

Prototype 1

ESA

Prototype 1 Resources

3 Man.Month

Prototype 2

TBD

Prototype 2 Resources

3 Man.Month

Prototype 3

Prototype 3 Resources

Contribute

ESA, NASA

Monitor Only

CNES, DLR, UKSA

Resource Comments

Schedule

Legend for Schedule Milestones
Orange Bullet = Required for Orange Books
Green Bullet = Required for Green Books
Magenta Bullet = Required for Magenta Books
Blue Bullet = Required for Blue Books
Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books

Schedule Milestones
Orange BookGreen BookMagenta BookBlue Book
Original Completion Date
(Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Comments
(Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project ApprovedOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet6/1/2024
Project Start DateOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet10/1/2024
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WGOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet4/1/2025
First Draft Comments DueOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet7/1/2025
Second draft circulated to WGOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet
Second Draft Comments DueOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further ProcessingOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet3/1/2026
External Milestones
Secretariat Document ProcessingOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet5/1/2026
First Agency ReviewMagenta BulletBlue Bullet7/1/2026
RID ResolutionMagenta BulletBlue Bullet11/15/2026
Secretariat Document Processing 2Magenta BulletBlue Bullet12/15/2026
Final Agency ReviewMagenta BulletBlue Bullet
RID ResolutionMagenta BulletBlue Bullet
First Prototype DevelopmentOrange BulletBlue Bullet
Second Prototype DevelopmentBlue Bullet
CMC ApprovalOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet3/1/2027
Total Time to Complete
(in months)
29
Attachments
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Created at 11/9/2023 8:40 AM by Gilles Moury
Last modified at 11/7/2024 5:06 PM by Gilles Moury