New Release Announcement - SAMIEdit v1.3.4

Last Updated: 04 December 2019

Version 1.3.4 of SAMIEdit (SAtellite MIssions 3D visualisation application) has been released and can be downloaded here.

Release Notes are available here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features

• Integration of the following new satellite model with example mission files:
  
  • CHEOPS
  • MetOp-SG-A
  • MetOp-SG-B
  • Sentinel-6
• Added new Go To entry in Simulation menu to jump to a specific time in the timeline
• General improvements in user interface contextual menu and main menu bar
• Performance improvements regarding update and display of text information overlay
• Up-to-date mission configuration files and example projects

Bug Fixes

• Project time window is automatically adjusted if time mode is set to real-time
• Sub-seconds in start/end UTC times reported consistently according to format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.sss

 

New Release Announcement - OpenSF v3.9.0

Last Updated: 02 December 2019

OpenSF v3.9.0 has been released and can be downloaded here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features

• Removed the concepts of Stages and Sessions
  • IMPORTANT
    This implies an automatic DB upgrade to a new format.
    Once upgraded to the new format, the DB becomes incompatible in previous OpenSF versions
• Added "Show Log" button to the execution
• Added display of custom Simulation folder in File System repository
• Enabled deleting multiple Simulation Executions in a single step (using multiple selection)
• Improved organization of the test validation dataset

Corrections

• Removed flickering when changing status in the Parameter Visibility dialog
• Corrected incorrect collapse of file tree in the Setup/Configuration pane (macOS only)
• Corrected default size of Module selection dialog (Linux only)
• Corrected setup of path used to find dynamic libraries (i.e DY/LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH)
• Updated documentation to refer Ubuntu 18.04 as reference supported Linux platform
• Corrected splash screen not displaying (Windows only)
• Corrected failing examples due to the dimensions mismatch of the 1D arrays
• Corrected export failed for results of sub-sessions
• Corrected title displayed for new module panel

All Release Notes are available here. 

New Release Announcement - EOCFI v4.18

Last Updated: 21 November 2019

Earth Observation Mission CFI Software v4.18 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 4.18.

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New Features & Improvements

• Added support for TanDEM-X 90m DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
• Enabled the use of the orbit number from GEO packets when loading DORIS Navigation files
• Added to C++/Java API the existing C API xl_set_tle_sat_data function
• Improvements to C++ API
• Added support for updated format of IERS bulletin B
• Improvements to the Software User Manual

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Bug Fixes

• Correct spurious log errors when calling xp_dem_init
• Correct symbol names in C API internal headers
• Corrected handling of XV_ORBIT_REL in xv_swathpos_compute function
• Corrected misleading error message in xp_get_attitude_data
• Corrected internal conversion from Quaternions to Vectors in xl_quaternions_to_vectors function
• Corrected handling of Generic DEM with tiles crossing over N/S or E/W quadrants
• Corrected use of <directory> specification for Generic DEM
• Corrected memory leaks in xd_read_osf and xd_read_att_def functions
• Corrected handling of all DerivEnum values in StateVector::change method 

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New Mission Schemas Available: MetOp-SG-A/B, Sentinel-5

Last Updated: 18 October 2019

New mission schemas are available for S2G Data Viewer and DFDL4S library.

The mission schemas can be downloaded through the check for updates mechanism within S2G (Help--> Check for Updates) or obtained from the S2G mission schemas page

New Mission Schemas

• MetOp-SG-A Ka/X-band v1.1.2
• MetOp-SG-B Ka/X-band v1.1.1

Overall TM packets supported (CADU, CADU Scrambled, Transfer Frames, Instrument Source Packets), down to the level of decoding ISP primary and secondary headers.

Note:

MetOp-SG-A: Include ISP data definitions for NAVATT and UVNS instrument source packets.

MetOp-SG-B: Include ISP data definitions for NAVATT instrument source packets.

Updated Mission Schemas

• Sentinel-5 Ka/X-band v1.1.1

Changes wrt v1.0.4: Added ISP NAVATT definitions, xs types aligned with MetOp-SG-A definitions, add choice for unknown APID - SID combination