PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM SPACECRAFT_NAME = "VENUS EXPRESS" TARGET_NAME = "N/A" DATA_SET_ID = "VEX-E/M-SPICE-6-V1.0" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2009-03-01 NOTE = "Venus Express SPICE Dataset. This dataset contains the SPICE kernels needed to Analyse the scientific data for the Venus Express mission." END_OBJECT = TEXT END The VENUS EXPRESS SPICE Data Archive ======================================================================== Introduction ============ This document provides an overview of the VENUS EXPRESS SPICE data set, including a description of the directory structure. Additional documents included on this data set provide more details, especially the ``SPICEDS.CAT'' dataset description and the various kernel-specific ``/DOCUMENT/*INFO.TXT'' files. This data set contains navigation and related observation geometry and other ancillary data in the form of SPICE System kernel files for the VENUS EXPRESS spacecraft. See the file ``MISSION.CAT'' in the ``/CATALOG'' directory for a description of the mission and the file ``INSTHOST.CAT'' in the same directory for a description of the spacecraft. The SPICE kernel files contain geometric and other ancillary information needed to recover the full value of science instrument data. Data in the SPICE kernel files must be accessed using the NAIF (Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility) software called the SPICE Toolkit. See the file ``SOFT.CAT'' in the ``/CATALOG'' directory for instructions on how to obtain this software. This data set is contained on a single virtual volume, VEXSP_1000, including data from all mission phases and covering from launch, 2005 NOV 9, through the end time of the latest spacecraft trajectory file supplied in the data set. Until the end of the spacecraft lifespan this data set will be accumulating with new data added on a regular basis. File Formats ============ All text documents and other meta information files such as descriptions, PDS object definitions and detached PDS labels are stream format files, with a carriage return (ASCII 13) and a line feed character (ASCII 10) at the end of the record. This allows the files to be read by MS-DOS/Windows, Unix and MacOS operating systems. The data files in this data set were prepared to be used under a UNIX environment. Therefore all SPICE text kernel files are UNIX text files, with a line feed character (ASCII 10) at the end of the line, and all SPICE binary kernels files are UNIX binary files in which bit pattern structures for double precision and integer numbers follow the IEEE standard. While some of the data files on this volume can be used 'as is', converting the files to binary or text format native to the user's computer may be required. Refer to the documentation provided with the SPICE Toolkit to find out whether conversion is needed in each specific case. NAIF provides a tool (BINGO) that can convert either binary or text kernels from one format to another. This means that text files can have their line terminator changed and binary files can be converted to the native format of the platform of interest. Volume Contents =============== Files on this data set are organized into a set of subdirectories below the top-level directory. The following table shows the structure and content of these directories. In this table, directory names are enclosed in square brackets ([]). See the ``*INFO.TXT'' files in the ``/DOCUMENT'' directory for specific information on the files in each directory, including naming schemes. [top-level-directory] | |-- AAREADME.TXT This file. |-- VOLDESC.CAT Description of the contents of this archive. |-- ERRATA.TXT Comments and errata on this volume. | |--[CATALOG] Directory containing PDS catalogue objects. | | | |-- CATINFO.TXT Description of files in the CATALOG directory. | |-- INSTHOST.CAT Description of the spacecraft. | |-- MISSION.CAT Description of the mission. | |-- PERSON.CAT Description of personnel who created this archive. | |-- REF.CAT List of publications mentioned in *.CAT files. | |-- SOFT.CAT Description of software. | |-- SPICEDS.CAT Description of SPICE data set. | +-- SPICE_INST.CAT Description of SPICE kernels. | |--[DATA] Directory containing SPICE data files (kernels.) | | | |--[CK] Directory containing CK files. | | | | | |-- *.BC CK files. | | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for CK files. | | | |--[EK] Directory containing EK files (empty). | | | |--[FK] Directory containing FK file(s). | | | | | |-- *.TF FK file(s). | | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for FK files. | | | |--[IK] Directory containing IK files. | | | | | |-- *.TI IK files. | | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for IK files. | | | |--[LSK] Directory containing LSK files. | | | | | |-- *.TLS LSK file(s). | | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for LSK files. | | | |--[PCK] Directory containing PCK file(s). | | | | | |-- *.BPC Binary PCK file(s). | | |-- *.TPC Text PCK file(s). | | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for PCK files. | | | |--[SCLK] Directory containing SCLK file(s). | | | | | |-- *.TSC SCLK file(s). | | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for SCLK files. | | | +--[SPK] Directory containing SPK files. | | | |-- *.BSP SPK files. | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for SPK files. | |--[DOCUMENT] Directory containing volume related documents. | | | |-- DOCINFO.TXT Description of files in the DOCUMENT directory. | |-- CKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/CK directory | |-- EKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/EK directory | |-- FKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/FK directory. | |-- IKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/IK directory. | |-- LBLINFO.TXT Description of PDS label locations on this volume. | |-- LSKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/LSK directory. | |-- PCKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/PCK directory. | |-- SCLKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/SCLK directory. | |-- SPKINFO.TXT Description of files in the DATA/SPK directory. | |-- ONLABELS.TXT Description of PDS labels for SPICE kernels. | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for DOCUMENT files. | |--[EXTRAS] Directory containing extra data elements. | | | |-- EXTRINFO.TXT Description of files and directories in extras. | | | |--[MK] Directory containing meta-kernels. | | | | | |-- MKINFO.TXT Description of meta-kernel files. | | +-- *.TM Meta-kernel files. | | | | | +--[ORBNUM] Directory containing orbit number files. | | | |-- ORBINFO.TXT Description of orbit number files. | +-- *.ORB Orbit number files. | |--[INDEX] Directory containing index files. | |-- INDXINFO.TXT Description of files in the INDEX directory. |-- INDEX.TAB Index table of SPICE kernels on this archive. +-- INDEX.LBL PDS label for INDEX.TAB file. Whom to Contact for Information =============================== * Research and Scientific Support Department, European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency Keplerlaan 1 Po Box 299 2200 AG Noordwijk The Netherlands Contact Persons: - Jose Luis Vazquez-Garcia Electronic mail address: jvazquez@rssd.esa.int Telephone: +34 91 813 1310 - Dave Heather Electronic mail address: dheater@rssd.esa.int Telephone: +31 71 565 3388 WWW Site: http://www.rssd.esa.int * PDS Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF), MAIL STOP 301-125L Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA, 91109-8099 Contact Person: Boris Semenov Electronic mail address: Boris.Semenov@jpl.nasa.gov Telephone: 818-354-8136 WWW Site: http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov Electronic mail address: pds_operator@naif.jpl.nasa.gov Cognizant Persons ================= This archive was designed and produced by Jose Luis Vazquez and Dave Heather, Research and Scientific Support Department, European Space Agency.