spac-kit 0.1.0.dev0

Collection of Python tools for working with CCSDS Space Packets

SPaC-Kit

✨ Introduction

SpaC-Kit is a collection of Python tools for working with CCSDS Space Packet. It can generically:

• Parse data files into Pandas DataFrames or Excel spreadsheets
• (Scheduled Feb 2026) – Generate documentation in multiple formats (HTML, Markdown, reStructuredText, PDF)
• (Scheduled Apr 2026) – Generate simulated packets

SpaC-Kit supports mission- or instrument-specific CCSDS packet structures via plugin packages built on the CCSDSPy library.

🔌 Available Plugins

• Europa Clipper CCSDS packet definitions
• Want to define your own CCSDS packets? Open a ticket to start the discussion.

Users

Requirement

Tested with python 3.9.

Optionnally, but recommended, create a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv my_virtual_env
sournce my_virtual_env/bin/activate

Install

Install you plugin library first, for example Europa-Clipper CCSDS packets definitions:

git clone https://github.com/joshgarde/europa-cliper-ccsds-plugin.git
cd europa-cliper-ccsds-plugin   
pip install .

Install the SPaC-Kit package:

pip install spac_kit

Use

parse-downlink --file {your ccsds file}

See more options with:

parse-downlink --help

Developers

Requirements

Python 3.9

Create a virtual environment

For example in command line:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install CCSDSPy

To install the latest version of CCSDSPy:

pip install git+https://github.com/CCSDSPy/ccsdspy.git

Deploy the project, for developers

Clone the repository

Install the package

pip install -e '.[dev]'
pre-commit install && pre-commit install -t pre-push

Run an example:

python src/spa_kit/parse/downlink_to_excel.py

or

spac-parse --help

or

spac-parse --file ./data/ecm_mag_testcase6_cmds_split_out.log --bdsem --header

Build and publish the package

Update the version number in file setup.cfg

Create a tag in the repository

Build the project:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
rm -rf dist/
python3 -m build

Publish the project:

twine upload dist/*

Acknowledgment

This package heavily relies on ccsdspy library (see https://github.com/CCSDSPy/ccsdspy).