New Release Announcement - S2G v2.5.4

Last Updated: 27 January 2022

Version 2.5.4 of the S2G Data Viewer has been released and can be downloaded here.

Release Notes are available here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features

• Added support for Biomass CADU unscrambling algorithm
  
  • New parameter in the mission XML (initialization value for the pseudo-random sequence generator)
• A tooltip showing the packet and file offsets of the selected field appears when hovering over the ‘Size’ column of the Unit Fields tree pane

Corrections

None

Updated Mission Schemas

• Biomass X-Band

New Release Announcement - EOCFI v4.22

Last Updated: 25 January 2022

Earth Observation Mission CFI Software v4.22 has been released!

The latest version can be downloaded here with the detailed release notes available here.

User registration is required.  Please find detailed instructions here.

The following is a summary of new features and problems solved in Version 4.22.

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New Features & Improvements

• Updated the EOCFI C++ RPATH to be based on $ORIGIN/@rpath (on Linux/macOS) 
• Enabled support for AEM with custom REF_FRAME used by MTG
• Improvements to DEM-related schemas
  - Allow up to 6000 rows/columns in Generic Raster DEM configuration
  - Make Cache_Type and Cache_Max_Size optional in EO_OPER_INT_DEMCFG
• Added missing DEM models to C++ and Java library enumerations
• Multiple documentation improvements
  - Specify which DEM-related fields are optional
  - Include Mean Keplerian elements for supported missions in documentation

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Bug Fixes

• Corrected function xv_gen_scf to generate files compliant with EOFFS V3
• Corrected crash during initialization of ASTER GDEM (accessing height information at poles)
• Corrected crash caused by passing NULL time filter parameters to xp_time_ref_init_file when loading IERS bulletin
• Corrected crash caused by loading SP3 file with non-existing satellite identifier
• Corrected intersection with targets above 9000 meters
• Corrected initialization of time based on overlapping orbit files
• Corrected memory leaks during call to xv_zonevistime_compute
• Corrected handling of Line-of-Sight intersection close to North/South pole
• Removed `using namespace` directives from C++ header files
• Corrected xo_osv_rec::ref_frame value after loading orbit from file

 

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New Release Announcement - OpenSF v3.11.0

Last Updated: 07 December 2021

OpenSF v3.11.0 has been released and can be downloaded here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features and Improvements

• OpenSF is now based on Java 11 (OpenJDK 11)

• OpenSF installation package is now provided with JRE
  *** A local installation of Java is no longer required to execute OpenSF ***
  

• Enabled sharing single openSF installation between by multiple users
  *** Each user keeps simulation configuration/results in separate workspace *** 
  
  
• Upgraded Eclipse RCP to the latest version 2021-09 (4.21)
• Enabled support for 0-length strings in openSF/Parameter Editor
• Improved the Tool Editor dialog
• Added a warning when loading timeline XML files without execution modes
• Improved 'Check for Updates' by including details about latest version
• Improved uninstaller to allow user to retain/remove simulation data
• Upgraded installer to the latest version of Install4J
• Updated openSF splash screen

Corrections

• Updated uninstaller to ensure all installation files are removed
• Fixed UX interaction that made collapse the whole tree fields (on Windows)
• Removed log message in Windows associated to link creation
• Handling of case-sensitive database names specified in the SUM
• Corrected the import of openSF Database when validating input data file
• Corrected user/group permissions set during installation

All Release Notes are available here

ESA generic E2E simulator ICD v1.4.1 Issued

Last Updated: 21 January 2022

ESA generic E2E simulator Interface Control Document (v1.4.1) has been published and can be downloaded here.