A look towards the future in the handling of space science mission geometry

被引：247

作者：

Acton, Charles ^{[1
]}

Bachman, Nathaniel ^{[1
]}

Semenov, Boris ^{[1
]}

Wright, Edward ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE | 2018年 / 150卷

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D O I：

10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.013

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The "SPICE" systems has been widely used since the days of the Magellan mission to Venus as the method for scientists and engineers to access a variety of space mission geometry such as positions, velocities, directions, orientations, sizes and shapes, and field-of-view projections (Acton, 1996). While originally focused on supporting NASA's planetary missions, the use of SPICE has slowly grown to include most worldwide planetary missions, and it has also been finding application in heliophysics and other space science disciplines. This paper peeks under the covers to see what new capabilities are being developed or planned at SPICE headquarters to better support the future of space science. The SPICE system is implemented and maintained by NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California (http://naifjpl.nasa.gov).

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