Planetary Science Archive: maximising science from our missions

Data from all of ESA’s Solar System missions, including the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), are held in the free-to-access Planetary Science Archive (PSA).

Firstly, spacecraft data arrives at ESA ESOC (Germany) via ground stations around the world. Then ESA transforms 'telemetry' data direct from the spacecraft into raw data. Raw data are calibrated by the instrument science team, saved in a standard format, and stored in the PSA, hosted at ESA ESAC (Spain). Processed data are available in a format useful for science, including documentation on how to use them and information about how they are calibrated

Data are available to all for decades, ensuring long-term science return and supporting future missions.

Discover ESA’s fleet of Solar System missions

Juice will make detailed observations of Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of instruments. The mission will characterise these moons as both planetary objects and possible habitats, explore Jupiter’s complex environment in depth, and study the wider Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants across the Universe.