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SPICE Kernel Archive Preparation Guide
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The process of preparing a SPICE kernel archive includes the following steps:

    1. collecting and preparing the data

    2. preparing the NAIF PDS4 Bundler setup

    3. running NAIF PDS4 Bundler

    4. checking the result and finishing up

    5. if needed, packaging and delivering the archive to NAIF

Each of these steps is described in a separate section below.


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   31_step_1_preparing_data
   32_step_2_npb_setup
   33_step_3_running_npb
   34_step_4_checking_the_result
   35_step_5_packaging_to_naif

These steps are summarized hereunder:

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   36_step_by_step_summary