Parts of the spacecraft also can be seen. 1, 2021, as it flew past the planet for a gravity assist. Several more planetary flybys will be used to steer BepiColombo into orbit around Mercury in December 2025.īepiColombo captured this view of Mercury’s northern hemisphere on Oct. MPO will study the surface and internal composition of the planet, and MIO will study Mercury's magnetosphere – the region of space around the planet that is dominated by its magnetic field.īepiColombo made its first flyby of Mercury on Oct. The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) each have an orbiter on the same spacecraft.ĮSA built the main spacecraft, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), and JAXA supplied the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MIO). First mission to Mercury comprised of two orbitersīepiColombo is a joint European-Japanese mission to Mercury to study the planet's composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and history.5, 2025: Mercury orbital insertion Firsts MSASI–Mercury Sodium Atmospheric Spectral Imagerĭec. MPPE–Mercury Plasma Particle ExperimentĤ. Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO): 606 pounds (275 kilograms):Ģ. SIXS–Solar Intensity X-ray and Particle Spectrometer
SIMBIO-SYS–Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatoryġ1. SERENA–Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances (neutral and ionized particle analyzer)ġ0. PHEBUS–Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopyĩ. MORE–Mercury Orbiter Radio Science ExperimentĨ. MIXS–Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometerħ. MGNS–Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron SpectrometerĦ. MERTIS–Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Imaging Spectrometerĥ. Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO): 2,540 pounds (1,150 kilograms)Ĥ.
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana Only two other spacecraft have visited Mercury: NASA's Mariner 10 and MESSENGER.
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