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Cassini Position Example
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Below is an interactive example that uses spiceypy to plot the position of the
Cassini spacecraft relative to the barycenter of Saturn.

.. py-editor::
    :env: cass
    :config: pyscript_cassini_example.json
    :setup:

    from pyscript import display
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.use("AGG")
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
    import spiceypy as spice


First import spiceypy and test it out.

.. py-editor::
    :env: cass
    :config: pyscript_cassini_example.json

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
    import spiceypy as spice
    # Print out the toolkit version
    print(f'SpiceyPy for {spice.tkvrsn("TOOLKIT")} ready!')


.. parsed-literal::

    'CSPICE_N0067'


We will need to load some kernels. If you are running this example outside of this browser page, you will need to download the following kernels
from the NAIF servers via the links provided. After the kernels have been downloaded, you can define a meta kernel file or simply provide the paths directly to the :py:func:`spiceypy.furnsh <spiceypy.spiceypy.furnsh>` method.
For more on defining meta kernels in spice, please consult the `Kernel Required Reading <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/misc/toolkit_docs_N0067/C/req/kernel.html>`_.

- `naif0009.tls <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/lsk/a_old_versions/naif0009.tls>`_
- `cas00084.tsc <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/sclk/cas00084.tsc>`_
- `cpck05Mar2004.tpc <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/pck/cpck05Mar2004.tpc>`_
- `cas_v37.tf <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/fk/release.11/cas_v37.tf>`_
- `cas_iss_v09.ti <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/ik/release.11/cas_iss_v09.ti>`_
- `030201AP_SK_SM546_T45.bsp <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/spk/030201AP_SK_SM546_T45.bsp>`_
- `020514_SE_SAT105.bsp <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/spk/020514_SE_SAT105.bsp>`_
- `981005_PLTEPH-DE405S.bsp <https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/kernels/spk/981005_PLTEPH-DE405S.bsp>`_


.. py-editor::
    :env: cass

    # the kernels with "_s" postfixes are subset from the NAIF hosted versions to make this page load faster
    spice.furnsh([
        'kernels/lsk/naif0008.tls',
        'kernels/sclk/cas00084.tsc',
        'kernels/pck/cpck05Mar2004.tpc',
        'kernels/fk/cas_v37.tf',
        'kernels/ik/cas_iss_v09.ti',
        'kernels/spk/020514_SE_SAT105_s.bsp',
        'kernels/spk/981005_PLTEPH-DE405S_s.bsp',
        'kernels/spk/030201AP_SK_SM546_T45_s.bsp'
    ])
    print(f'Loaded {spice.ktotal("ALL")} kernels')


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    :env: cass

    # we are going to get positions between these two dates
    etOne = spice.str2et("Jun 20, 2004")
    etTwo = spice.str2et("Dec 1, 2005")
    print(f"ET One: {etOne}, ET Two: {etTwo}")


.. parsed-literal::

    ET One: 140961664.18440723, ET Two: 186667264.18308285


.. py-editor::
    :env: cass

    # get times for 4000 steps
    steps = 4000
    times = [x * (etTwo - etOne) / step + etOne for x in range(steps)]

    # check first few times:
    print(times[0:3])


.. parsed-literal::

    [140961664.18440723, 140973090.5844069, 140984516.98440656]


.. py-editor::
    :env: cass

    # check the documentation on spkpos before continuing
    help(spice.spkpos)


the above command will return something like the following:    
    
.. parsed-literal::

    Help on function spkpos in module spiceypy.spiceypy:

    spkpos(
        targ: str,
        et: Union[float, numpy.ndarray],
        ref: str,
        abcorr: str,
        obs: str
    ) -> Union[Tuple[numpy.ndarray, float], Tuple[numpy.ndarray, numpy.ndarray]]
        Return the position of a target body relative to an observing
        body, optionally corrected for light time (planetary aberration)
        and stellar aberration.

        https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/misc/toolkit_docs_N0067/C/cspice/spkpos_c.html

        :param targ: Target body name.
        :param et: Observer epoch in seconds past J2000 TDB.
        :param ref: Reference frame of output position vector.
        :param abcorr: Aberration correction flag.
        :param obs: Observing body name.
        :return:
                Position of target in km,
                One way light time between observer and target in seconds.




.. py-editor::
    :env: cass

    # Run spkpos as a vectorized function
    positions, lightTimes = spice.spkpos(
        "Cassini", times, "J2000", "NONE", "SATURN BARYCENTER"
    )

    # Positions is a 3xN vector of XYZ positions
    print("Positions: ")
    print(positions[0])

    # Light times is a N vector of time
    print("Light Times: ")
    print(lightTimes[0])


.. parsed-literal::

    Positions:
    [-5461446.61080924 -4434793.40785864 -1200385.93315424]
    Light Times:
    23.8062238783


.. py-editor::
    :env: cass

    # Clean up the kernel pool, not important for this example, but good practice
    spice.kclear()

We will use matplotlib's 3D plotting to visualize Cassini's coordinates. We first convert the
positions list to a 2D numpy array for easier indexing in the plot.

.. py-editor::
    :env: cass
    :placeholder: images/exampleoneplot_min.png
    :target: mpl

    positions = (
        positions.T
    )  # positions is shaped (4000, 3), let's transpose to (3, 4000) for easier indexing
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(9, 9))
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection="3d")
    ax.plot(positions[0], positions[1], positions[2])
    plt.title("SpiceyPy Cassini Position Example from Jun 20, 2004 to Dec 1, 2005")
    display(fig, target="mpl", append=False)