The Planetary Science Archive in 2018

PSA

The Planetary Science Archive (PSA) closed year 2018 with new functionalities allowing users to easily browse products hrough a specific user interface. The so-called image gallery provide a rapid and visual access to images (and any other types of browse products) of ESA missions exploring the Solar System. The PSA improved its data download manager, and interoperability access to the archive, so that users obtain with an easier path the products needed. In addition, heliophysicists can now download specific datasets from the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC) instruments directly in CDF format.
During this year 2018, Rosetta delivered additional datasets to the PSA, in particular calibrated datasets of numerous instruments. The archive also received the first public datasets from ExoMars and the first commissioning data from BepiColombo, which was launched in October of the same year. Mars Express continued its delivery of data, including newly processed and scientifically validated subsurface MARSIS data for the entire mission. On the front of the legacy archives, the PSA publicly released data from the Neutron Mass Spectrometer (NMS) of the Giotto mission, products that were never archived before.
During the year 2019, the PSA will continue its service to the mission in operations, post-operations and legacy. A specific effort will be done on improving the content of the legacy archives, given that past observations are proved to be very useful daily. And ultimately, the PSA will continue to improve its services with new functionalities, and better designed access to the data. Of particular interest, and long awaited, the PSA will provide functionalities towards geometrical searches of the datasets.

New PSA functionalities in 2018

Image Gallery

Image Browser
  • Access to the PSA browse products through a specific User Interface.
  • Mostly images are browsed (but not only).
  • Useful as a science tool and for non-science usage.

Download Manager

DDM
  • Improves the management of data download.
  • Additional products and documentation can also be downloaded.

EPN-TAP access

  • Interoperability access to the PSA.
  • This can be done through portals that support EPN-TAP, or directly by command line.
  • Follows the VESPA standard.

Key RPC data in CDF format

  • Specific datasets from Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC) can now be downloaded in CDF format (a format frequently used by the Heliophysics community)
  • Uses the Space dAta foRmat TrAnslator (SPARTA) software developed at ESA.


CQL parameters

  • New "searchable" parameters are added regularly, especially for Rosetta and EXOMars 2016.
  • Parameters available in the User Manual.

Data deliveries in 2018

Mission: BepiColombo

Instrument Mission Phase Product type Availability Comments
BERM Near-Earth commissioning Commissioning Private
ISA Near-Earth commissioning Commissioning Private
MIXS Near-Earth commissioning Commissioning Private
MPO-MAG Near-Earth commissioning Commissioning Private
SIXS Near-Earth commissioning Commissioning Private

Mission: EXOMars 2016

Instrument Mission Phase Product type Availability Comments
ACS Cruise phase Raw Public
ACS Science phase Raw Private
CaSSIS Cruise phase Raw Public
CaSSIS Cruise phase Partially processed Public With geometry
CaSSIS Science phase Raw Private Browse products available for the framesets
DREAMS Cruise phase Up to calibrated Public
FREND Cruise phase Raw Public
FREND Science phase Raw Private
NOMAD Cruise phase Raw Public
NOMAD Science phase Raw Private

Mission: Mars Express

Instrument Mission Phase Product type Availability Comments
ASPERA-3: ELS Raw Public MEX-M-ASPERA3-2-EDR-EXT6-V1.0
ASPERA-3: ELS Calibrated Public MEX-M-ASPERA3-3-RDR-EXT6-V1.0
ASPERA-3: IMA Raw Public MEX-M-ASPERA3-2-EDR-EXT6-V1.0
ASPERA-3: NPI Raw Public MEX-M-ASPERA3-2_3-EDR_RDR-NPI-EXT6-V1.0
ASPERA-3: NPI Calibrated Public MEX-M-ASPERA3-2_3-EDR_RDR-NPI-EXT6-V1.0
HRSC Radiometically calibrated Public With browse products
MEX-M-HRSC-3-RDR-V3.0
HRSC Map-projected Public With browse products
MEX-M-HRSC-3-REFDR-MAPPROJECTED-V3.0
MARSIS: Subsurface Raw Public MEX-M-MARSIS-2-EDR-*
Caught up ~14 years of data
MARSIS: Subsurface Calibrated Public MEX-M-MARSIS-3-RDR-SS-*
Caught up ~14 years of data
With browse products
OMEGA Raw Public MEX-M-OMEGA-2-EDR-FLIGHT-EXT6-V1.0
PFS Raw Public MEX-M-PFS-2-EDR- EXT6-V1.0

Mission: Rosetta (Orbiter)

Instrument Mission Phase Product type Availability Comments
ALICE Comet phase L2 (Raw) Public V2.0
Scientifically reviewed
ALICE Comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public V2.0
Scientifically reviewed
ALICE Comet phase L4 Public V2.0
Scientifically reviewed
CONSERT Comet phase L2 (Raw) Public
CONSERT Comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public
CONSERT Pre-comet phase L2 (Raw) Public V2.0
Generated using the latest pipeline
CONSERT Pre-comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public Generated using the latest pipeline
COSIMA Extension sub-phase L2 (Raw) Public Completes the entire comet phase.
Datasets that were already public in 2017
have been updated & scientifically reviewed.
COSIMA Extension sub-phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public Completes the entire comet phase.
Datasets that were already public in 2017
have been updated & scientifically reviewed.
MIDAS Comet phase L2 (Raw) Public V2.0
Scientifically reviewed
MIDAS Comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public V2.0
Scientifically reviewed
MIRO L2 (Raw) Public Updated & scientifically reviewed
MIRO L3
(Calibrated)
Public Updated & scientifically reviewed
MIRO L4 Public UUpdated & scientifically reviewed
NAVCAM Comet phase L2 (Raw) Public
OSIRIS Extended comet phase L2 (Raw) Public Data from the final parts
of the extended comet phase
OSIRIS Extended comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public Data from the final parts
of the extended comet phase
OSIRIS Comet phase L4
(geo-corrected)
Public
OSIRIS Extended mission L4
(geo-corrected)
Public
RPC-MAG Comet phase L2 (Raw) Public Scientifically reviewed
RPC-MAG Comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public Scientifically reviewed
RPC-MAG Comet phase L4 Public Scientifically reviewed
RPC-LAP Extension sub-phase L2 (Raw) Public Completes the entire comet phase.
All comet phase data have been
scientifically reviewed & updated.
RPC-MIP Comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public Scientifically reviewed & updated.
RSI 26/06/2016 to
06/12/2016
L2 (Raw) Public
RSI 26/06/2016 to
06/12/2016
L3
(Calibrated)
Public
VIRTIS Comet phase L2 (Raw) Public New version, scientifically reviewed.
VIRTIS Comet phase L3
(Calibrated)
Public New version, scientifically reviewed.

Mission: Rosetta (Lander)

Instrument Mission Phase Product type Availability Comments
Ancillary data Public V2.0
CIVA All Public
COSAC Landing Public
MUPUS All Public
PTOLEMY All Public V2.0
SDS All Public V2.0
SESAME All L2 Public
SESAME All L3 Public

Legacy missions: Giotto

Instrument Mission Phase Product type Availability Comments
NMS All L3 Public With browse products