Implement Spice Meta Kernels for Better Management of Spice Kernels
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Description
The implementation of spice meta kernels will help in better management of spice kernels, making it easier to select and load individual kernels applicable to a particular mission phase or time span, as opposed to selecting and loading each individual kernel referenced in the meta-kernel.
Checklist
- Implementation of Spice Meta Kernels
- Unit Tests
- Documentation added to
docs.tudat.space - Modifications to the relevant changelogs
Additional Information [source]
- A meta-kernel is a specially-formatted listing of a set of kernels applicable to a particular mission phase or time span.
- For shorter missions, a single meta-kernel is provided, covering the entire data set. For longer missions, there is a series of meta-kernels, each one covering a defined time span.
- There may be multiple sets of meta-kernels based on other discriminators and multiple versions of a particular meta-kernel.
- The meta kernel(s) and mkinfo.txt are always found under the
.../extras/mk/folder of the archived SPICE data set. - Users should read the mkinfo.txt file included in the meta-kernel folder for important information.