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 November 20th, 2018 by Marc Costa Sitja, 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:

             Marc Costa Sitja
             (+34) 91-8131-457
             mcosta@sciops.esa.int, esa_spice@sciops.esa.int

             Bjoern Grieger
             (+34) 91-8131-107
             bgrieger@sciops.esa.int, esa_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 JUICE IKs is:
 
           bc_SC_INST_vNN.ti
 
     where
 
           SC       spacecraft identifier (required):

                       mmo   for Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter
                       mpo   for Mercury Planetary Orbiter

           INST     instrument identifier (required):
 
                       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
                       
           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.)
 


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.