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#### Procedure

       void sct2e_c ( SpiceInt       sc,
                      SpiceDouble    sclkdp,
                      SpiceDouble  * et     )

#### Abstract

       Convert encoded spacecraft clock (`ticks') to ephemeris
       seconds past J2000 (ET).

#### Required_Reading

       SCLK
       TIME

#### Keywords

       CONVERSION
       TIME

#### Brief_I/O

       Variable  I/O  Description
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       sc         I   NAIF spacecraft ID code.
       sclkdp     I   SCLK, encoded as ticks since spacecraft clock
                      start.
       et         O   Ephemeris time, seconds past J2000.

#### Detailed_Input

       sc             is a NAIF integer code for a spacecraft, one of
                      whose encoded clock values is represented by
                      sclkdp.

       sclkdp         is an encoded spacecraft clock value.  sclkdp
                      represents time measured from spacecraft clock
                      start:  partition information IS reflected in the
                      encoded value.

#### Detailed_Output

       et             is the epoch, specified as ephemeris seconds past
                      J2000, that corresponds to sclkdp.

#### Parameters

       None.

#### Exceptions

       1)  This routine assumes that that an SCLK kernel appropriate
           to the spacecraft clock identified by the input argument sc
           has been loaded.  If an SCLK kernel has not been loaded,
           does not contain all of the required data, or contains
           invalid data, error diagnoses will be performed by routines
           called by this routine.  The output argument et will not be
           modified.

       2)  When using SCLK kernels that map SCLK to a time system other
           than ET (also called barycentric dynamical time---`TDB'), it
           is necessary to have a leapseconds kernel loaded at the time
           this routine is called.  If a leapseconds kernel is required
           for conversion between SCLK and ET but is not loaded, the
           error will be diagnosed by routines called by this routine.
           The output argument et will not be modified.

           The time system that an SCLK kernel maps SCLK to is indicated
           by the variable SCLK_TIME_SYSTEM_nn in the kernel, where nn
           is the negative of the NAIF integer code for the spacecraft.
           The time system used in a kernel is TDB if and only if the
           variable is assigned the value 1.

       3)  If the clock type for the spacecraft clock identified by
           sc is not supported by this routine, the error
           SPICE(NOTSUPPORTED) is signalled.  The output argument et
           will not be modified.

       4)  If the input argument sclkdp is invalid, the error will be
           diagnosed by routines called by this routine.  The output
           argument et will not be modified.

#### Files

       None.

#### Particulars

       This routine operates on encoded SCLK values.  These values
       are obtained by calling the CSPICE routine scencd_c or other
       SCLK conversion routines.  The advantage of encoded SCLK, as
       opposed to character string representations of SCLK is that
       encoded SCLK values are easy to perform arithmetic operations on.
       Additionally, working with encoded SCLK reduces the overhead of
       repeated conversion of character strings to integers or double
       precision numbers.

       To convert a string representation of an SCLK value to ET, use
       the CSPICE routine scs2e_c.

#### Examples

       1)  Encode a Galileo SCLK string, and convert the encoded value
           to ET; use these time values to look up both GLL orbiter
           scan platform's pointing and the GLL--Earth state vector
           for an epoch specified by an SCLK string.

              During program initialization, load the leapseconds and
              SCLK kernels.  We will pretend that these files are named
              "leapseconds.ker" and "gllsclk.ker".  To use this code
              fragment, you must substitute the actual names of these
              kernel files for the names used here.

                 /.
                 load leapseconds and sclk kernels:
                 ./
                 furnsh_c ( "leapseconds.ker" );
                 furnsh_c ( "gllsclk.ker"     );

                 /.
                 The mission is Galileo, which has spacecraft ID -77.
                 Let's assume that the SCLK string is

                    1 / 1900000:00:00

                 The number 1, followed by a slash, indicates that the
                 epoch is in the first partition.

                 The next step is to encode this SCLK string, and also
                 find the corresponding ET value:
                 ./

                 scencd_c ( -77, "1/ 1900000:00:00", &sclkdp );
                 sct2e_c  ( -77,  sclkdp,            &et     );

              We'll assume that you've already loaded SPK and CK files
              containing ephemeris data for the GLL orbiter and the
              Earth, as well as scan platform pointing.  Now you're
              ready to call both ckgp_c, which expects the input epoch to
              be specified by an encoded SCLK string, and spkez_c, which
              expects the epoch to be specified as an ephemeris time.

                 /.
                 Find scan platform pointing cmat and s/c--target
                 vector (first 3 components of state) at epoch.
                 We assume that CK and SPK kernels have been loaded
                 already, via cklpf_c and spklef_c respectively.

                 Use tolerance of 80 ticks for the CK look-up.
                 ./
                 scanpl = -77001;
                 earth  =    399;
                 tol    =   80.0;

                 ckgp_c  ( scanpl,  sclkdp,   tol,    refsys,
                           cmat,    &clkout,  &found         );

                 if ( !found )
                 {
                    [ Indicate to user that pointing was not
                      available ]
                 }

                 spkez_c ( earth,  et,     refsys,  corr,
                           -77,    state,  &lt           );

       2)  Convert an encoded Voyager 2 SCLK value to UTC, using calendar
           format, with 3 digits of precision.

              Again, your initialization code must load the leapseconds
              and SCLK kernels:

                 /.
                 load leapseconds and SCLK kernels:
                 ./
                 furnsh_c ( "leapseconds.ker" );
                 furnsh_c ( "vgr2sclk.ker"    );

              To find the UTC value corresponding to the encoded
              Voyager 2 SCLK value sclkdp, you can use the code fragment

                 sct2e_c  ( -32,  sclkdp,     &et          );
                 et2utc_c (  et,  "c",    3,  UTCLEN,  utc );

              where UTCLEN is a constant indicating the available
              room in the string utc.  A value of 25 characters suffices.

#### Restrictions

       1)  An SCLK kernel appropriate to the spacecraft clock identified
           by SC must be loaded at the time this routine is called.

       2)  If the SCLK kernel used with this routine does not map SCLK
           directly to barycentric dynamical time, a leapseconds kernel
           must be loaded at the time this routine is called.

#### Literature_References

       [1]  CK Required Reading

       [2]  SPK Required Reading

#### Author_and_Institution

       N.J. Bachman   (JPL)

#### Version

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 14-AUG-2006   (EDW)

          Replace mention of ldpool_c with furnsh_c.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 08-FEB-1998 (NJB)

          Based on SPICELIB Version 1.0.2, 10-APR-1992 (NJB) (WLT)

#### Index_Entries

       spacecraft_clock ticks to ephemeris time

#### Link to routine sct2e_c source file sct2e_c.c

    Wed Apr  5 17:54:42 2017