SPICEApplications.jl

Call all SPICE Utilities from within Julia!

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SPICEApplications

Generate ephemeris kernel files using NASA JPL's SPICEApplications program, all from within Julia!

Installation

Choose one of the following two lines!

import Pkg; Pkg.add("SPICEApplications");

]add SPICEApplications # in Julia's REPL

Documentation

The documentation for SPICEApplications.jl is hosted within the SPICE.jl documentation.

Credits

NASA JPL developed and maintains the NAIF SPICE Toolkit, including SPICEApplications. Helge Eichhorn developed and maintains SPICE.jl, as well as the Julia wrappers around the SPICE Toolkit.

License

Exports

• brief
• chronos
• ckbrief
• commnt
• dskbrief
• dskexp
• frmdiff
• inspekt
• mkdsk
• mkspk
• msopck
• spacit
• spkdiff
• spkmerge
• tobin
• toxfr

Imports

• Base
• Core
• DocStringExtensions

brief(
    file;
    tabular,
    single,
    centers,
    utc,
    utcdoy,
    etsec,
    sec,
    min,
    hour,
    day,
    bytime,
    bycoverage,
    byid,
    byname,
    body,
    center,
    at,
    from,
    to,
    listfile,
    help,
    version,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

BRIEF is a command-line utility program that displays a contents and time coverage summary for one or more binary SPK or binary PCK files.

Extended Help

chronos(
    file;
    from,
    fromtype,
    to,
    totype,
    format,
    time,
    sc,
    center,
    landingtime,
    sol1index,
    nolabel,
    trace,
    help,
    usage,
    template,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

CHRONOS is a command-line program that converts between several time systems and time formats.

Extended Help

ckbrief(
    file;
    dump,
    boundaries,
    relframes,
    idframes,
    tabular,
    single,
    bycoverage,
    utc,
    utcdoy,
    sclk,
    dpsclk,
    id,
    summarize,
    help,
    version,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

CKBRIEF is a command-line utility program that displays a contents and time coverage summary for one or more binary CK files.

Extended Help

commnt(; ...)
commnt(kernelfile; ...)
commnt(
    kernelfile,
    commentfile;
    add,
    extract,
    read,
    delete,
    help,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

COMMNT is a command-line program that reads, adds, extracts, or deletes comments from SPICE binary kernel files.

Extended Help

dskbrief(
    file;
    single,
    gaps,
    extended,
    timebounds,
    bysegment,
    full,
    sigdigs,
    version,
    help,
    usage,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

DSKBRIEF is a command-line utility program that displays a summary of the spatial coverage and additional attributes of one or more binary Digital Shape Kernel (DSK) files.

Extended Help

dskexp(
;
    dsk,
    text,
    format,
    precision,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

DSKEXP is a command-line program that exports data from DSK files to text files.

Extended Help

frmdiff(
;
    kernels,
    from1,
    to1,
    frame1,
    supporting_kernels1,
    from2,
    to2,
    frame2,
    supporting_kernels2,
    angular,
    angularframe,
    start,
    stop,
    numpoints,
    timestep,
    timeformat,
    report,
    rotation,
    units,
    sigdigs,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

FRMDIFF is a program that samples orientation of a reference frame known to SPICE or computes differences between orientations of two reference frames known to SPICE, and either displays this orientation or these differences, or shows statistics about it or them.

Extended Help

inspekt(; stdout, stderr, stdin, append, wait)

INSPEKT is an interactive program that examines the contents of an events component (ESQ) of an E-kernel.

mkdsk(
;
    setup,
    input,
    output,
    help,
    template,
    usage,
    version,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

MKDSK is a utility program that creates a SPICE Digital Shape Kernel (DSK) file from a text file containing shape data for an extended object.

Extended Help

mkspk(
;
    setup,
    input,
    output,
    add,
    usage,
    help,
    template,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

MKSPK is a program that creates an SPK file from a text file containing trajectory information.

Extended Help

msopck(
;
    setup,
    input,
    output,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

MSOPCK is a command-line program that converts attitude data provided in a text file as UTC, SCLK, or ET-tagged quaternions, Euler angles, or matrices, optionally accompanied by angular velocities, into a type 1, 2, or 3 SPICE C-kernel.

spacit(; stdout, stderr, stdin, append, wait)

SPACIT is an interactive program that converts kernels in transfer format to binary format, converts binary kernels to transfer format, and summarizes the contents of binary kernels.

spkdiff(
;
    kernels,
    body1,
    center1,
    frame1,
    supporting_kernels1,
    body2,
    center2,
    frame2,
    supporting_kernels2,
    start,
    stop,
    timestep,
    numstates,
    timeformat,
    sigdigs,
    report,
    stdout,
    stderr,
    stdin,
    append,
    wait
)

SPKDIFF provides means for comparing the trajectories of two bodies or sampling the trajectory of a single body using data from SPICE kernels.

Extended Help

spkmerge(; ...)
spkmerge(commandfile; stdout, stderr, stdin, append, wait)

SPKMERGE is a program that subsets or merges one or more SPK files into a single SPK file.

tobin(; ...)
tobin(kernelfile; stdout, stderr, stdin, append, wait)

TOBIN is a command-line program that converts transfer format SPK, CK, PCK, DSK and EK files to binary format.

toxfr(; ...)
toxfr(kernelfile; stdout, stderr, stdin, append, wait)

TOXFR is a command-line program that converts binary format SPK, CK, PCK, DSK and EK files to transfer format.