Importing ASCII ephemeris file

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Dave Singh

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Sep 19, 2022, 2:31:24 PM9/19/22
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Hi,

I'm still a rather new user of Basilisk so I'm not sure if this is a trivial question. 

I'm trying to import an ASCII ephemeris file but it seems at least from the example scenarios I have used that I can only import SPICE files. Is this accurate, or is there a method for importing existing ephemeris files?

My end goal for this task is being able to input an ephemeris file and simulate a spacecraft following that trajectory.

Thanks! 

Hanspeter Schaub

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Sep 22, 2022, 3:21:42 AM9/22/22
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Currently there is only `spiceInterface` module that loads ephemeris from spice kernels.  You can specify planet ephemeris directly using the `planetEphemeris` module.  To load from your ASCII file you would have to write your own module for that.
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