Setting up paladin#

1. Setup GSL#

See the pygsl github page for more details.

On Windows:#

For example, follow: hariseldon99/GSL-WIN64

On Mac:#

sudo port install gsl

On Linux:#

sudo apt-get install libgsl-dev

2. Install paladin#

To install via pip

pip install spacecraft-paladin

To uninstall

pip uninstall spacecraft-paladin

3. SPICE kernels#

Users are responsible for downloading the generic SPICE kernels froom the NAIF website. In addition, supplementary custom kernels specific to this module are stored in paladin/assets/spice/. The most commonly required kernels are:

  • naif0012.tls

  • de440.bsp

  • gm_de440.tpc