PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TEXT INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII PUBLICATION_DATE = 2008-02-28 NOTE = "E-Kernel Information" END_OBJECT = TEXT END General information about SPICE E-kernels ========================================= The purpose of the (E)-kernels (EK) is to store instrument and spacecraft commands and status information. The means of accessing the EK data are provided via a collection of subroutines that are part of the SPICELIB library, the major component of the NAIF Toolkit, or via the SPICE system utility programs, such as INSPEKT. The subroutines can be integrated into a user's application program while the INSPEKT program can be used to view E-kernel information interactively. Information about obtaining the SPICE Toolkit is located in the "software" subdirectory of the main directory of this dataset. To use E-kernels with the INSPEKT program, a SPICE Leapseconds (LSK) kernel is required. An INSPEKT script containing useful queries is provided in the Appendix 1 at the end of this file. For general information regarding E-Kernels, refer to the EK Required Reading (ek.req) and inspekt.ug documents provided with the Toolkit or available from the NAIF Node of the PDS. New Horizons E-kernels Contained on This Volume =============================================== At present, the New Horizons mission has produced no E-kernels, nor are there plans to produce E-kernels in the future.