Euclid SPK files
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   This ``aareadme.txt'' file describes the contents of the kernels/spk
   directory of the Euclid SPICE Kernel Dataset.

   It was last modified on July 7, 2023 by Alfredo Escalante Lopez, ESAC/ESA.


Brief Summary
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   This directory contains the SPICE SP-Kernel files for the Euclid
   mission, including mission analysis, nominal and operational spacecraft
   trajectory SPKs, generic planetary and satellite ephemeris SPKs.


Current SPK Kernels Set
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    euclid_YYYYMMDD_YYYYMMDD_vNN.bsp

       SPICE SPK file that contains Euclid predicted and reconstructed orbit
       information. The file is generated from the OEM provided by Flight
       Dynamics. Created by the ESA SPICE Service (ESS).

    de432s.bsp

       SPICE SPK file containing JPL planetary ephemerides version DE432,
       created by NAIF, JPL.


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 a binary SPK file is
     provided in metadata included inside the comment area of the file.
     This information can be viewed using the utility programs COMMNT and
     SPACIT included in the NAIF Toolkit.


Contact Information
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   If you have any questions regarding this file contact the
   ESA SPICE Service (ESS) at ESAC:

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


References and required readings
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     1. ``SPK Required Reading'', NAIF Document


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