PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM DATA_RECORDS = 126 INSTRUMENT_NAME = "MARS EXPRESS ORBITER RADIO SCIENCE" TARGET_NAME = MARS DATA_SET_ID = "MEX-M-MRS-1/2/3-PRM-0132-V1.0" MISSION_NAME = "MARS EXPRESS" INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME = "MARS EXPRESS" INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "MEX" STANDARD_DATA_PRODUCT_ID = LSK SOURCE_PRODUCT_ID = "naif0007.tls" PRODUCT_ID = "M00NAIFL02_TLS_042181538_00.AUX" START_TIME = 1972-01-01T00:00:00 STOP_TIME = 2010-12-31T23:59:59 PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2005-11-02T18:18:10.000 PRODUCER_ID = "NAIF" ^SPICE_KERNEL = "M00NAIFL02_TLS_042181538_00.AUX" OBJECT = SPICE_KERNEL INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII KERNEL_TYPE = LEAPSECONDS DESCRIPTION = " The Leapseconds Kernel (LSK) is an ASCII file, the contents of which may be used to compute the time difference DELTA_ET, which is the increment to be applied to UTC to give ET, or ET - UTC (1) The difference between UTC and TAI, DELTA_AT, or TAI - UTC (2) is always an integral number of seconds. The value of DELTA_AT was 10 seconds in January 1972, and increases (or decreases) by one each time a leap second is declared. Combining (1) and (2) gives DELTA_ET equal to ET - (TAI - DELTA_AT) or (3) (ET - TAI) + DELTA_AT The difference (ET - TAI) is periodic, and is equal to DELTA_T_A + K sin E (4) where DELTA_T_A and K are constant, and E is the eccentric anomaly of the heliocentric orbit of the Earth-Moon barycenter. This expression, (4), which ignores small-period fluctuations, is accurate to about 0.000030 seconds. The eccentric anomaly E is given by M + EB sin M (5) where M is the mean anomaly, which in turn is given by M0 + M1*t (6) where t is the number of ephemeris seconds past J2000. In order to compute DELTA_ET, the following items are necessary. These are tabulated in the Leapseconds Kernel File. DELTA_TA K EB M0 M1 DELTA_AT The file is created by the JPL Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) and is updated as needed (e.g., when a new leapsecond is added). More information about the Leapseconds Kernel File, the NAIF Toolkit (for using these files), and NAIF itself can be found at http://pds-naif.jpl.nasa.gov/ " END_OBJECT = SPICE_KERNEL END