Reference Orbit files for the Genesis scientific community

The PROcessing, Archiving and Dissemination Centre (PROAD), consisting of the ESA Navigation Support Office facilities in Darmstadt (Germany) for the processing part, and the ESA GNSS Science Support Centre (GSSC) in Madrid (Spain) for the archiving and distribution part, is happy to announce that the repository for the Reference Orbit files in Earth-Centered Inertial (ECI) and Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed (ECEF) frames in SP3 format is available in the GSSC archive, under the path /pub/satellite/genesis/. Additionally, a supporting document is provided detailing the orbital elements and dynamic modelling adopted for this orbit generation.

The Reference Orbit files generated by the ESA Navigation Support Office and published by the GSSC provide a common baseline for collaborative simulation, analysis and scientific activities related to Genesis.

The orbit files for 2028 are already available on GSSC FTP. Additional products, e.g. for 2025, will be made available soon.

Sincerely yours,

The ESA PROAD Team