IERS bulletin-B switched to ITRF-2020

IERS just published bulletinb-462.txt.
The header in this file shows that now these final data are consistent with ITRF-2020. The previous versions (up to bulletinb-461.txt) were consistent with ITRF-2014. As the finals and finals2000A files gather data from bulletin B, users that depend on these files are affected by this change too.

I have therefore updated the itrf-version.conf file we publish in the orekit-data project on the forge.

I noticed two date errors in this file, as the switch from ITRF-2008 to ITRF-2014 was set to 2018-03-01 for files starting with bulletinb- and it was set to 2017-03-01 for files starting with bulletinb. when in fact it occurred in 2017-04-02. I fixed this error too.

Currently, rapid data published in bulletin A files are still set to reference ITRF-2014. As I am not sure it is true anymore and as bulletin A do not tell which ITRF they refer to, I sent a message to USNO to be sure. I will update the file again if they tell me they switched.

Users are advised to update their itrf-version.conf file.

I got an answer from USNO. They pointed me to IERS message 478, which I missed.
So I updated again itrf-version.conf in the orekit-data project with correct information.
Bulletin-A switched the ITRF 2020 three years ago!