ʌntˈɪl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː, ˌiːˌɛsˈeɪ lˈækt ɪts ˈoʊn mˈiːnz tə kəmjˈuːnᵻkˌeɪt wɪð ʃˈɪps dˈɛstɪnd tʊ ˈʌðɚ plˈænɪts, ɔːɹ ɪn vˈɛɹi dˈɪstənt ˈɔːɹbɪts ænd dᵻpˈɛndᵻd ˌɔn nˈæsɐ nˈɛtwɜːk ʌv lˈɪsənɚz tə ɹᵻsˈiːv ðə dˈeɪɾə kəlˈɛktᵻd baɪ ðˌɛm.
Until 2002, ESA lacked its own means to communicate with ships destined to other planets, or in very distant orbits and depended on NASA's network of listeners to receive the data collected by them.