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Welcome to the operational ExoMars RSP SPICE Kernel Dataset
===========================================================

     This directory contains the SPICE kernels Dataset generated for the 
     ExoMars RSP mission.
                        
     See more details in:

       http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/spice/spice-for-emrsp

     For more information on SPICE for ESA Planetary Missions, please go to

       http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/spice                      

     For information on SPICE, please go to                                 
                                                                            
       http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov                                            
                                                                            
     For any question or suggestion on this site, please contact:        
                                                                                                   
       Marc Costa Sitja,       mcosta@sciops.esa.int
       ESA SPICE Service,      esa_spice@sciops.esa.int       
                                                             

Content of this directory                                               
--------------------------------------------------------               
                                                                                
     Each subdirectory within this directory contains all the kernels of     
     the same type that have been generated for the ExoMarsRSP Mission.
                                                                             
        ck:       Kernels that contain orientation for the spacecraft and    
                  some of its structures, (solar arrays, for instance).      
                                                                             
        fk:       Kernels that define reference frames needed for the        
                  Mission.                                                   
                                                                             
        ik:       Kernels for the instruments on board the spacecraft.       
                                                                             
        lsk:      Leapseconds kernel.   

        mk:       Meta-kernel files (a.k.a "furnsh" files) that provide 
                  lists of kernels suitable for a given mission period.   
                                                                             
        pck:      Kernels that define planetary constants.                   
                                                                             
        sclk:     Spacecraft clock coefficients kernels.                     
                                                                             
        spk:      Orbit kernels, for the spacecraft and other solar system   
                  bodies.                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                  

	   Please refer to the aareadme.txt in each of the subdirectories for 
     information on the contents for the specific type of kernels and the 
     corresponding naming conventions.       
                                                                                
                                                                                
Usage of the SPICE Kernels for ExoMarsRSP
--------------------------------------------------------              
                                                                                
     At least a basic knowledge of the SPICE system is needed in order to    
     use these kernels. The SPICE toolkit provides versions in Fortran       
     (SPICELIB), C (CSPICE), IDL (icy), Matlab (mice) and Python (SpiceyPy), 
     and the user can choose any one that suits him/her.                                      
                                                                             
     The SPICELIB routine FURNSH, CSPICE function furnsh_c, icy routine  
     cspice_furnsh and SpiceyPy routine furnsh load a kernel file into the 
     kernel pool as shown below.   
                                                                             
        CALL FURNSH  ( 'kernel_name' )                                       
        furnsh_c     ( "kernel_name" );                                      
        cspice_furnsh, 'kernel_name'                                         
        cspice_funsh( 'kernel_name' );
        spiceypy.furnsh( 'kernel_name' )                                       
                                                                             
     In the case when two or more files contain data overlapping in time     
     for a given object, for binary kernels, the file loaded last takes      
     precedence.                                                             
                                                                             
     If two (or more) text kernels assign value(s) using the '=' operator    
     to identical keywords, the data value(s) associated with the last       
     loaded occurrence of the keyword are used -all earlier values have      
     been replaced with the last loaded value(s).                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
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     This file was created on June 8, 2018 by Marc Costa Sitja.


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