BepiColombo IK files
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     This ``aareadme.txt'' file describes the contents of the kernels/ik
     directory of the BepiColombo SPICE data server.

     It was last modified on July 5th, 2021 by Ricardo Valles Blanco, ESAC/ESA.


Contact Information
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     If you have any questions regarding this directory or its
     contents, please contact the ESA SPICE Service at ESAC:

             Alfredo Escalante Lopez
             (+34) 91-8131-429
             spice@sciops.esa.int

           
References and required readings
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     1. ``Kernel Pool Required Reading'', NAIF
   
     2. Header of GETFOV SPICE API, latest version

          
Brief Summary
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     This directory contains the SPICE Instrument Kernel files for the 
     BepiColombo remote sensing and in-situ measurement/plasma science
     instruments.
   

File naming conventions
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     The naming scheme for BepiColombo IKs is:
 
           bc_SC_INST_vNN.ti
 
     where
 
           SC       acronym of the spacecraft:

                          mpo: for the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO)
                               spacecraft;
                          mmo: for the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO)
                               spacecraft;
                          mtm: for the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM)
                               spacecraft

           INST     instrument identifier (required):

                          mppe       for MPPE
                          msasi      for MSASI
                          aux        for Auxiliary
                          bela       for BELA
                          mertis     for MERTIS
                          mgns       for MGNS
                          mixs       for MIXS
                          phebus     for PHEBUS
                          serena     for SERENA
                          simbio-sys for SIMBIO-SYS
                          sixs       for SIXS
                          str        for STRs
                          mcam       for MCAMs
                       
           NN       version number (required);
 
                    If multiple versions of an IK file are provided for an
                    instrument, always use the latest version (unless
                    earlier version is needed for some special reasons.)
 

Current IK Kernels Set
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   bc_mmo_mppe_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MMO Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment
      (MPPE). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS) and by JAXA.


   bc_mmo_msasi_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MMO Mercury Sodium Atmosphere Spectral
      Imager (MSASI). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS) and by JAXA.


   bc_mpo_aux_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing field-of-view (FOV) definitions for few MPO
      instruments and structures that do not have their own IKs.
      Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_bela_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA).
      Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_mertis_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO MErcury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared
      Spectrometer (MERTIS). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_mgns_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
      (MGNS). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_mixs_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS).
      Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_phebus_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Probing of Hermean Exosphere By Ultraviolet
      Spectroscopy (PHEBUS). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_serena_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Search for Exospheric Refilling and Emitted
      Natural Abundances (SERENA). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_simbio-sys_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Spectrometers and Imagers Integrated
      Observatory SYStem (SIMBIO-SYS). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_sixs_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Solar Intensity X-ray and particle
      Spectrometer (SIXS). Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mpo_str_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MPO Star Trackers (STR).
      Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


   bc_mtm_mcam_vNN.ti

      SPICE IK file providing optics, detector, and field-of-view (FOV)
      parameters for the MTM Monitoring Cameras (MCAMs).
      Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).


Other directory contents
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     aareadme.txt         This file.
   

Particulars
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     Nothing to report.
       
       
Kernel File Details
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     The most detailed description of the data in an IK file is provided in
     metadata included inside the descriptive text areas of the file. This
     information can be viewed using any text editor.


End of aareadme file.