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Frequently Asked Questions for ROC users.

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The description of the RPW data products can be found  in https://rpwissues.lesiacosmos.obspmesa.frint/rocsolarorbiterwiki/datadisplay/private/solo/rpw/docs/DPDD/ (restricted access)SOSP/Archive+Support+Data

Standards and metadata definitions for the RPW science data are presented in https://issues.cosmos.esa.int/solarorbiterwiki/display/SOSP/Metadata+Definition+for+Solar+Orbiter+Science+Data

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* "PALISADE" version: "internal" version of the RPW used by the RPW flight software team at LESIA. PALISADE IDB versions are stored in https://version-lesia.obspm.fr/repos/SO-RPW/IDB/tags/ (restricted access)


Questions related to ancillary data (orbit, attitude, time, etc.)

Where I can find a description of the ancillary data for Solar Orbiter?

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languagepy
import spiceypy

# Define paths to the MK files
predicated_mk_filepath = "solo_ANC_soc-pred-mk.tm"
asflown_mk_filepath = "solo_ANC_soc-flown-mk.tm"

# Predicated SPICE kernels should be loaded first
spiceypy.furnsh(predicated_mk_filepath)
# Then load as-flown SPICE kernels 
spiceypy.furnsh(asflown_mk_filepath)

# Print out the toolkit version
spicepy.tkvrsn("TOOLKIT")

# At this stage Solar Orbiter SPICE kernels have been loaded and are ready to be used (visit spiceypy documentation site in https://spiceypy.readthedocs.io to learn more about module capabilities.)

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Info
  • See here to find Solar Orbiter SPICE kernel description
  • See here to find Solar Orbiter SPICE kernels
  • ROC supplies the a simple Python module package spice_manager to easily load and perform basical operations with Solar Orbiter SPICE kernels
  • spiceypy is not officially supported by NAIF SPICE team

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N.B. You need SPICE kernels to perform convertion (see related question here)

How to retrieve Solar Orbiter orbit digest CDF files ?

The SOC provides CDF files that contain Solar Orbiter location and speed in HEE and HCI coordinate systems.

These files are made available in the SOC Public Confluence page (https://issues.cosmos.esa.int/solarorbiterwiki/)

A copy of these files are also saved by the LESIA in https://rpw.lesia.obspm.fr/roc/data/private/solo/soc/spice/cdf/ (restricted access)

Where is Solar Orbiter spacecraft currently?

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