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NAIF
Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility, NASA
NAIF ID

NAIF ID codes map ephemeris objects, reference frames, and instruments to integers for the SPICE toolkit.

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NAIF Integer ID codes
The NAIF IDS required reading lists all default ID-name mappings for the SPICE toolkits and a description of functionality of the corresponding software.
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SPICE
SPICE toolkit

An Observation Geometry System for Planetary Science Missions

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The SPICE toolkit
NASA’s Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) offers NASA flight projects and NASA funded researchers an observation geometry information system named “SPICE” to assist scientists in planning and interpreting scientific observations from space-based instruments aboard robotic planetary spacecraft. SPICE is also widely used in engineering tasks associated with these missions.