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#### Procedure

       void spk14b_c (  SpiceInt           handle,
                        ConstSpiceChar   * segid,
                        SpiceInt           body,
                        SpiceInt           center,
                        ConstSpiceChar   * frame,
                        SpiceDouble        first,
                        SpiceDouble        last,
                        SpiceInt           chbdeg  )

#### Abstract

       Begin a type 14 SPK segment in the SPK file associated with
       handle. See also spk14a_c and spk14e_c.

#### Required_Reading

       SPK

#### Keywords

       SPK

#### Brief_I/O

       VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       handle     I   The handle of an SPK file open for writing.
       segid      I   The string to use for segment identifier.
       body       I   The NAIF ID code for the body of the segment.
       center     I   The center of motion for body.
       frame      I   The reference frame for this segment.
       first      I   The first epoch for which the segment is valid.
       last       I   The last epoch for which the segment is valid.
       chbdeg     I   The degree of the Chebyshev Polynomial used.

#### Detailed_Input

       handle         is the file handle of an SPK file that has been
                      opened for writing.

       segid          is the segment identifier. An SPK segment identifier
                      may contain up to 40 printing ASCII characters.

       body           is the NAIF ID for the body whose states are
                      to be recorded in an SPK file.

       center         is the NAIF ID for the center of motion associated
                      with body.

       frame          is the reference frame that states are referenced to,
                      for example "J2000".

       first          is the starting epoch, in TDB seconds past J2000, for
                      the ephemeris data to be placed into the segment.

       last           is the ending epoch, in TDB seconds past J2000, for
                      the ephemeris data to be placed into the segment.

       chbdeg         is the degree of the Chebyshev Polynomials used to
                      represent the ephemeris information stored in the
                      segment.

#### Detailed_Output

       None.          The input data is used to create the segment summary
                      for the segment being started in the SPK file
                      associated with handle.

                      See the Particulars section for details about the
                      structure of a type 14 SPK segment.

#### Parameters

       None.

#### Exceptions

       1) If the degree of the Chebyshev Polynomial to be used for this
          segment is negative, the error SPICE(INVALIDARGUMENT) will
          be signaled.

       2) Errors in the structure or content of the inputs other than the
          degree of the Chebyshev Polynomial are diagnosed by routines
          called by this one.

       3) File access errors are diagnosed by routines in the call tree
          of this routine.

       4) If either the input frame or segment ID string pointer is null,
          the error SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled.

       5) If either the input frame or segment ID string is empty,
          the error SPICE(EMPTYSTRING) is signaled.

#### Files

       See handle in the Detailed_Input section.

#### Particulars

       This routine begins writing a type 14 SPK segment to the open SPK
       file that is associated with handle. The file must have been
       opened with write access.

       This routine is one of a set of three routines for creating and
       adding data to type 14 SPK segments. These routines are:

          spk14b_c: Begin a type 14 SPK segment. This routine must be
                    called before any data may be added to a type 14
                    segment.

          spk14a_c: Add data to a type 14 SPK segment. This routine may be
                    called any number of times after a call to spk14b_c to
                    add type 14 records to the SPK segment that was
                    started.

          spk14e_c: End a type 14 SPK segment. This routine is called to
                    make the type 14 segment a permanent addition to the
                    SPK file. Once this routine is called, no further type
                    14 records may be added to the segment. A new segment
                    must be started.

       A type 14 SPK segment consists of coefficient sets for fixed order
       Chebyshev polynomials over consecutive time intervals, where the
       time intervals need not all be of the same length. The Chebyshev
       polynomials represent the position, X, Y, and Z coordinates, and
       the velocities, dX/dt, dY/dt, and dZ/dt, of body relative to
       center.

       The ephemeris data supplied to the type 14 SPK writer is packed
       into an array as a sequence of records,

          -----------------------------------------------------
          | Record 1 | Record 2 | ... | Record N-1 | Record N |
          -----------------------------------------------------

       with each record has the following format.

             ------------------------------------------------
             |  The midpoint of the approximation interval  |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  The radius of the approximation interval    |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  chbdeg+1 coefficients for the X coordinate  |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  chbdeg+1 coefficients for the Y coordinate  |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  chbdeg+1 coefficients for the Z coordinate  |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  chbdeg+1 coefficients for the X velocity    |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  chbdeg+1 coefficients for the Y velocity    |
             ------------------------------------------------
             |  chbdeg+1 coefficients for the Z velocity    |
             ------------------------------------------------

#### Examples

       Assume we have the following for each of the examples that
       follow.

          handle   is the handle of an SPK file opened with write
                   access.

          segid    is a character string of no more than 40 characters
                   which provides a pedigree for the data in the SPK
                   segment we will create.

          body     is the NAIF ID code for the body whose ephemeris
                   is to be placed into the file.

          center   is the center of motion for the ephemeris of body.

          reffrm   is the name of the SPICE reference frame for the
                   ephemeris.

          first    is the starting epoch, in seconds past J2000, for
                   the ephemeris data to be placed into the segment.

          last     is the ending epoch, in seconds past J2000, for
                   the ephemeris data to be placed into the segment.

       Example 1:

          For this example, we also assume that:

             n        is the number of type 14 records that we want to
                      put into a segment in an SPK file.

             recrds   contains n type 14 records packaged for the SPK
                      file.

             etstrt   contains the initial epochs for each of the
                      records contained in RECRDS, where

                         etstrt[i] < etstrt[i+1], i = 0, n-2

                         etstrt[1] <= first, etstrt[n-1] < last

                         etstrt[i+1], i = 0, n-2, is the ending epoch for
                         record i as well as the initial epoch for record
                         i+1.

          Then the following code fragment demonstrates how to create a
          type 14 SPK segment if all of the data for the segment is
          available at one time.

             #include "SpiceUsr.h"
                .
                .
                .

             #define SPK  "example.bsp"

             /.
             If the segment is to be appended to an existing file, open
             that file for "append" access.  Otherwise, create a new file.
             ./

             if ( exists_c(SPK) )
             {
                spkopa_c ( SPK, &handle );
             }
             else
             {
                /.
                New files are supplied with an internal file name.
                Comment area space may be reserved at this time; the
                units are characters.
                ./
                ifname = "Sample type 14 SPK file.";
                ncomch = 1024;

                spkopn_c ( SPK, ifname, ncomch, &handle );
             }

             /.
             Begin the segment.
             ./
             spk14b_c ( handle, segid, body, center, reffrm,
                        first,  last,  chbdeg               );

             /.
             Add the data to the segment all at once.
             ./
             spk14a_c ( handle, n, recrds, etstrt );

             /.
             End the segment, making the segment a permanent addition
             to the SPK file.
             ./
             spk14e_c ( handle );

                 .
                 .
                 .
             /.
             After all segments have been loaded, close the SPK file.
             ./
             spkcls_c ( handle );

       Example 2:

          In this example we want to add type 14 SPK records, as described
          above in the Particulars section, to the segments being written
          as they are generated.  The ability to write the records in this
          way is useful if computer memory is limited. It may also be
          convenient from a programming perspective to write the records
          one at a time.

          For this example, assume that we want to generate n type 14 SPK
          records, one for each of n time intervals, writing them all to
          the same segment in the SPK file. Let

             n        be the number of type 14 records that we want to
                      generate and put into a segment in an SPK file.

             record   be an array with enough room to hold a single type
                      14 record, i.e. record should have dimension at
                      least 6 * (chbdeg + 1 ) + 2.

             start    be an array of n times that are the beginning
                      epochs for each of the intervals of interest. The
                      times should be in increasing order and the start
                      time for the first interval should equal the
                      starting time for the segment.

                         start[i] < start[i+1], i = 0, n-2

                         start[0] = first

             stop     be an array of n times that are the ending epochs
                      for each of the intervals of interest. The times
                      should be in increasing order and the stop time for
                      interval i should equal the start time for interval
                      i+1, i.e., we want to have continuous coverage in
                      time across all of the records. Also, the stop time
                      for the last interval should equal the ending time
                      for the segment.

                         stop[i]   < stop [i+1], i = 0, n-2

                         stop[i]   = start[i+1], i = 0, n-2

                         stop[n-1] = last

             genrec( time1, time2, record )

                      be a subroutine that generates a type 14 SPK record
                      for a time interval specified by time1 and time2.

          Then the following code fragment demonstrates how to create a
          type 14 SPK segment if all of the data for the segment is not
          available at one time.

             #include "SpiceUsr.h"
                .
                .
                .

             /.
             Begin the segment.
             ./
             spk14b_c ( handle, segid, body, center, reffrm,
                        first,  last,  chbdeg                );

             /.
             Generate the records and write them to the segment in the
             SPK file one at at time.
             ./

             for ( i = 0;  i < n;  i++ )
             {
                genrec   ( start[i],    stop[i], record  );
                spk14a_c ( handle,   1, record,  start+i );
             }

             /.
             End the segment, making the segment a permanent addition
             to the SPK file.
             ./
             spk14e_c ( handle );

#### Restrictions

       The SPK file must be open with write access.

       Only one segment may be written to a particular SPK file at a
       time. All of the data for the segment must be written and the
       segment must be ended before another segment may be started in
       the file.

#### Literature_References

       None.

#### Author_and_Institution

       N.J. Bachman        (JPL)
       K.R. Gehringer      (JPL)

#### Version

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 30-OCT-2006 (BVS)

          Deleted "inertial" from the FRAME description in the Brief_I/O
          section of the header.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 29-JUL-1999 (NJB) (KRG)

#### Index_Entries

       begin writing a type_14 spk segment

#### Link to routine spk14b_c source file spk14b_c.c

    Wed Apr  5 17:54:43 2017