BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. [4] The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO). [5]

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.

Jan 6, 2025 · BepiColombo is more than six years into its eight-year journey to planet Mercury. In total, it is using nine planetary flybys to help steer itself into orbit around the small rocky planet: one at Earth, two at Venus, and six at Mercury.Making the most of this sixth close approach to the small rocky planet, BepiColombo's cameras and various scientific instruments will …

Oct 20, 2018 · BepiColombo will be the second and most complex mission ever to orbit Mercury. Close to the Sun and more difficult for an orbiter to reach than Saturn, this small desert world is the least explored planet of the inner Solar System.

Oct 20, 2018 · Name: BepiColombo Spacecraft: Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM) Mission: To investigate Mercury, the innermost and least explored planet in the inner Solar System.

BepiColombo - Exploring Mercury. Europe's first mission to Mercury. Welcome to ESA's website for the BepiColombo scientific community and the BepiColombo Science Ground Segment. The target audience for this site is scientists and engineers involved in the BepiColombo mission.

Sep 5, 2019 · BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven-year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. It will launch in October 2018 on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. Arriving at Mercury in December 2025, it will endure temperatures in excess of 350°C and gather data during a 1 year nominal mission.

Dec 15, 2024 · The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft recently performed its fifth flyby of Mercury on Dec. 1, becoming the first spacecraft ever to observe the planet in mid-infrared light.

Dec 19, 2024 · BepiColombo swooped past Mercury at a distance of 37,626 kilometers (about 23,400 miles) on Dec. 1. The most recent flyby isn't the spacecraft's closest encounter with Mercury; that happened on ...