PDS_VERSION_ID        = PDS3

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DATA_SET_ID           = "RO/RL-E/M/A/C-SPICE-6-V1.0"

PRODUCT_ID            = "AAREADME"
PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2019-02-25

OBJECT                = TEXT
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  PUBLICATION_DATE    = 2019-03-28
  NOTE                = "Rosetta Orbiter/Lander SPICE Data Set AAREADME."
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END



Rosetta SPICE Data Archive
========================================================================


Introduction
============

   This document provides an overview of the Rosetta SPICE data set,
   including a complete description of the volume structure. Additional
   documents included on this archive provide more details, especially
   the 'CATALOG/SPICEDS.CAT' data set 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 ROSETTA spacecraft. See the file 'CATALOG/MISSION.CAT' for
   a description of the mission and the file 'CATALOG/INSTHOST.CAT'
   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 ``CATALOG/SOFT.CAT'' for instructions on
   how to obtain this software.


Data included in the data set
============================

   This data set is contained on a single virtual volume, ROSSP_1000,
   including data from all mission phases and covering from launch
   until the STOP_TIME specified in 'CATALOG/SPICEDS.CAT'.

   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 text
   files, with a carriage return (ASCII 13) and a line feed character
   (ASCII 10) at the end of each line. 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 on Intel chip based computers. 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 little-endian
   standard. While some of the data files on this volume can be used
   'as is', converting other 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.


Archive Contents
===============

   Files in this archive are organized into a set of sub-directories
   below the top-level directory. The following table shows the
   structure and content of these directories. In the table, directory
   names are enclosed in square brackets ([]).


   [top-level-directory]
   |
   |-- AAREADME.TXT        text version of the aareadme file.
   |-- VOLDESC.CAT         Description of the contents of this archive.
   |
   |-- ERRATA.TXT          File that describes the known errors and
   |                       problems in this data set.
   |
   |--[CATALOG]            Directory containing PDS catalog 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.
   |  |
   |  |--[DSK]             Directory containing DSK files.
   |  |  |
   |  |  |-- *.BDS         DSK files.
   |  |  +-- *.LBL         PDS labels for DSK files.
   |  |
   |  |--[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.
   |  |
   |  |-- CKINFO.TXT       Description of files in the DATA/CK directory.
   |  |-- DOCINFO.TXT      Description of files in the DOCUMENT directory.
   |  |-- DSKINFO.TXT      Description of files in the DATA/DSK directory.
   |  |-- FKINFO.TXT       Description of files in the DATA/FK directory.
   |  |-- IKINFO.TXT       Description of files in the DATA/IK directory.
   |  |-- LSKINFO.TXT      Description of files in the DATA/LSK directory.
   |  |-- ONLABELS.TXT     Description of the labels for the data files.
   |  |-- 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.
   |  +-- *.LBL            PDS labels for DOCUMENT 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.
   |
   +--[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.
          +-- ROS_*.TM     Meta-kernel files


Contact Information
===================

   * Directorate of Science, Data and Engineering Division,
     European Space and Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency
     Camino Bajo del Castillo S/N
     Po Box 299
     28691 Villanueva de la Canada
     Spain

     Contact Persons:

          Bjoern Grieger
          Electronic mail address: bjoern.grieger@esa.int
          Telephone: +34 91 8131 107

          Marc Costa Sitja
          Electronic mail address: marc.costa@esa.int
          Telephone: +34 91 8131 457

          Maud Barthelemy
          Electronic mail address: maud.barthelemy@esa.int
          Telephone: +34 91 8131 310

          David Heather
          Electronic mail address: david.heather@esa.int
          Telephone: +31 71 565 3388

     WWW Site: http://spice.esac.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


Cognizant Persons
=================

   This archive was designed and produced by Jose Luis Vazquez, Maud
   Barthelemy, Marc Costa Sitja, Joe Zender and Bjoern Grieger,
   Directorate of Science, European Space Agency, and Boris Semenov,
   Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility, NASA/JPL.
