Cassini MIMI Science Planning and Visualization Tools

Cassini/MIMI Science Planning and Visualization Tools

Updated: March 19, 2008

The Cassini/MIMI science planning and visualization tools display spacecraft attitude, instrument fields of view, and a variety of other data in various frames and projections. They enable the user to quickly browse targets of opportunity and visually check constraints to arrive or investigate optimum pointing. These tools also enable users to examine "as-flown" observation geometry to facilitate data analysis.

Launch JCSN	JCSN: The science planning and visualization tool for the MIMI instrument. It displays spacecraft attitude and trajectory data relative to various Saturnian bodies, MIMI fields of view, and a variety of other data useful for planning observations. The latest version, 3.6.6, released on March 19, 2008 requires Java 1.4.2 or later, and includes: Updated attitude data, including reconstructions through 2008-061 Updated SPK reconstructions through the last release of the MIMI meta-kernel as of 03/10/08. Click here for details and the User's Guide.

Launch OrbitBrowser	OrbitImageBrowser: This tool is an image browser to view the plots which illustrate the keep-out zones for flight rules as well as pitch-angle coverage charts. Click here for details.

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