JCSN: Cassini/MIMI Science Planning and Visualization Tool

Description

JCSN is a science planning and visualization tool for the MIMI instrument on the Cassini satellite. It can be used to display Cassini spacecraft attitude relative to various bodies in the Saturnian system. It is also useful for displaying the MIMI instrument sensor fields of view, which provide a simple, visual flight rule constraint checker to find optimum pointing.

The JCSN User's Guide provides a detailed description of the tool. Due to the rather large screenshots referenced in the HTML, you may need to resize your browser to accomodate them. The User's Guide may also be obtained in PDF format for offline viewing or printing. It can be downloaded from here. JCSN is written in Java, but the current release is bundled in native packages for each supported platform that includes the Java Runtime Environment.

Downloads

Macintosh (OS/X)

jcsn2d-5.0.0.dmg (498MB): Download, double click to mount, follow instruction in README.rtf.

Windows 64-bit

jcsn2d-5.0.0.zip (491MB): Just unzip to the directory of your choice. Run JCSN2D.exe. A JCSN.ico file is provided if you want to apply an icon to a shortcut for launching the application.

Linux 64-bit

jcsn2d-5.0.0.tar.gz (494MB): Untar to the directory of your, launch with JCSN2D executable. If that fails, due to missing libraries, it can alternatively be launched from the jcsn2d.sh shell script in the unpacked directory. An icon, JCSN.png, is also provided for your convenience in the bundle.

Changes

This version contains the final released SPICE kernels, including:

• The final merged, reconstructed mission ephemeris: 171215R_SCPSEops_97288_17258.bsp
• Updated to final SCLK kernel: cas00172.tsc
• Final, updated predict C-kernels for years: 2003-2017
• Final, updated reconstructed C-kernels for years: 2002, 2003, and 2017
• The 04-183 DRPC and Slew scale factor C-kernels
• The 17-122 through 17-252 scale factor C-kernels

Change logs for prior versions can be found: here.

For reference purposes, the old JCSN website can be found: here. Previously supported beta versions using the packaged native installers can be found: here or here.