ESA BepiColombo: 176,488 Observations from 11 Instruments

ESA BepiColombo Observations is a complete metadata catalog from the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury. It contains 176,488 observations across 11 instruments, collected during the spacecraft's cruise phase after its launch in October 2018. The dataset is part of the Solar System and Planetary Science collections on Hugging Face.

Use Cases

• Analyze instrument observation frequency and targets based on the mission's cruise phase.
• Study mission operation patterns based on the metadata catalog structure.
• Correlate observations from different instruments based on the 11-instrument suite.
• Support planning for future Mercury science phases based on cruise data.

Strengths

• Contains 176,488 individual observations, providing a substantial catalog.
• Covers data from 11 different scientific instruments.
• Represents a complete metadata catalog for the mission's cruise phase.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but specific data formats and sample content are unavailable for inspection.

Provenance

Source

ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, curated by juliensimon.

Collection Method

Observation metadata catalog from the spacecraft's instruments.

Time Range

Observations collected during the cruise to Mercury, post-launch in October 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 18:33:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Solar System, specifically the trajectory to Mercury.