Block 2 - Ingest V2

Description

This block additionally ingests images from FITS files into the SPC world.

Basic steps

Copy FITS images
Make a list of images
Update kernels
Set up process_fits
Set up make_sumfiles
Run process_fits and make_sumfiles
Run dynamics

Procedure

Copy FITS images

Install a copy of the FITS images for each day into the NEW_IMAGES_YYYY_DDD location.

  cp <files> /path/ops/OSIRIS_REx/NEW_IMAGES_YYYY_DDD

Make a list of images

SPC can ingest images one at a time via process_fits, but we prefer to run it in batch. If newpix.txt exists, then process_fits will use that as input. It will search through all directories in the form of ../OSIRIS_REx/NEW_IMAGES_YYY_DDD .

For tracking purposes, we will name the list of images via data shortName and put it into lsupport. The shortName is the short hand for mission name (Ap, PS, OA, DS, OB, Re) and the sequence number of the images set, i.e. the first delivery is 1, the next is 2, etc.

  cd /path/ops/OSIRIS_REx/NEW_IMAGES_YYYY_DD D 
  ls > ../newpix.Ap4
  cd ../Approch150B.v1
  mv ../newpix.Ap4 lsupport/
  relink lsupport/newpix.Ap4 newpix.txt
  ls -l newpix.txt

Updated kernels

Typically, you will need to update the spacecraft (SPK or file extension bsp) and pointing (CK or file extension bc). It may be necessary to update the spacecraft leap second clock also (lsp). Finally, if you get a new POLE, the planetary constants kernel for Bennu needs to be updated (PCK or file extension tpc).

Remember that many spacecraft kernels have both a reconstructed past history and a future predicted plan. As such, if you forget to update the SPKs, you could have images that are ingested using the predicted part of an outdated kernel, which won't throw an error.
Remember that SPICE will load kernels in order and use the last loaded kernel for a given time, so the newest kernels should always be at the end of a list.
Edit make_sumfiles.txt. We want to use chmod to avoid mistakenly over writing such an important file.

   chmod u+w make_sumfiles.txt
   vi make_sumfiles.txt               # add the new kernels
   chmod a-w make_sumfiles.txt

If the PCK has changed, update INIT_LITHOS.TXT also.

Setup process_fits

Provided newpix.txt is in the working directory, then process_fits will run through all of those images.

Review the following

 ls -l DATA/DN2TEMP.TXT
 ls -l DATA/FLATFILES.TXT
 ls -l newpix.txt

Setup make_sumfiles

Review the following

 ls -l DATA/BIAS.TXT                # seldom used
 ls -l DATA/SCOBJ_SHIFT.TXT
 ls -l DATA/TMP2FOCLEN.TXT

Run process_fits, make_sumfiles

For this step, we want to log the output to ensure flat field etc are properly applied. We want to capture the output from make_sumfiles to get the list of new image name, which we put in lsupport/imageList.<shortName>

   PROCESS_FITS | tee ingest
   echo 0 | MAKE_SUMFILES | tee out
   cut -c 1-12 out > lsupport/imageList.Ap\
   echo 1 | MAKE_SUMFILES

Run dynamics

Before running dynamics, you need to make sure that DYNAMICS.TXT has been updated with the new images. Take the image list (lsupport/imageList.<shortName>) and add it into DYNAMICS.TXT before the "END". Update the uncertainties as required (for the new images and any update for the old images if needed. Note, if an image is not listed [[DYNAMICS.TXT, then it will not have it's uncertainties updated.

  vi DYNAMICS.TXT
  Gk:rlsupport/imageList.Ap6ZZ
  DYNAMICS

Finish the block

We use blockFinish to store all needed artifacts to the log directory.

   blockFinish Ap6

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