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BepiColombo

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BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO). The mission will perform a comprehensive study of Mercury, including characterization of its magnetic field, magnetosphere, and both interior and surface structure. It was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on 20 October 2018, with...

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BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO). The mission will perform a comprehensive study of Mercury, including characterization of its magnetic field, magnetosphere, and both interior and surface structure. It was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on 20 October 2018, with...

Hero image for BepiColombo — Pictured·Universetoday·The Magnetic "Birdsong" of the Smallest Planet

2026

The Magnetic "Birdsong" of the Smallest Planet28 Jan 2026

2025

Nonlinear spatiotemporal signatures of whistler-mode wave activity around Mercury during six flybys of BepiColombo mission1 Dec 2025

BepiColombo: revelations from the Mercury mission5 Mar 2025

@BepiColombo (on X.com). Post "BepiColombo is reaching its closest approach to Mercury now (...)8 Jan 2025

2024

Mercury's plasma environment after BepiColombo's third flyby3 Oct 2024

Remek fotókat készített a BepiColombo a Merkúr melletti 4. elrepülése során6 Sep 2024

Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo's new trajectory2 Sep 2024

Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust15 May 2024

2023

Космічний апарат BepiColombo підлетів до Меркурія на 230 км: і це лише початок20 Jun 2023

BepiColombo20 Jun 2023

BepiColombo braces for third Mercury flyby14 Jun 2023

2021

At 01:34:41 CEST this morning, BepiColombo passed just 199 kilometres (124 mi) from the hot, rocky, innermost planet2 Oct 2021

BepiColombo: Joint Mission to Mercury1 Sep 2021

Mercury-bound spacecraft snaps selfie with Venus in close flyby (photo)11 Aug 2021

2020

BepiColombo flies by Venus en route to Mercury15 Oct 2020

MPEC 2020-G96 : 2020 GL213 Apr 2020

2020 GL213 Apr 2020

MPEC 2020-G97 : DELETION OF 2020 GL213 Apr 2020

BepiColombo flies by Earth10 Apr 2020

Science with BepiColombo30 Mar 2020

2019

Mercury Surface Element � Summary1 Sep 2019

Mercury Surface Element � Table of Instruments1 Sep 2019

GNC Operations for the BepiColombo Mission to Mercury: First In-flight Experience15 Jun 2019

【JAXA╳『惑わない星』】 2/9（土）開催「宇宙フェスタさがみはら」にて、水星探査計画プロジェクトメンバーのJAXA研究者と漫画家・石川雅之が「水星」トーク！10 Jan 2019

2018

Bepicolombo20 Oct 2018

BepiColombo Flyby20 Oct 2018

Blast-off for BepiColombo on mission to Mercury20 Oct 2018

La primera misión europea a Mercurio despega con éxito20 Oct 2018

Úton a BepiColombo20 Oct 2018

ŽIVĚ A ČESKY: Evropa a Japonsko letí k Merkuru19 Oct 2018

Watch BepiColombo launch16 Oct 2018

BepiColombo's first image from space10 Oct 2018

国際水星探査計画BepiColomboの打上げ日時の変更について27 Sep 2018

Mercury Planetary Orbiter – Spacecraft16 Aug 2018

石川雅之描き下ろしイラストが、今年10月打ち上げの水星磁気圏探査機「みお（MIO）」に搭載されました27 Jul 2018

元絵は「みお」を追加してプロジェクトにご笑納いただきましたpic.twitter.com/fYhYUT7nif27 Jul 2018

MIO/BepiColombo15 Jun 2018

MIO – Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter's New Name8 Jun 2018

水星磁気圏探査機MMOの愛称決定について8 Jun 2018

2017

BepiColombo Mercury mission tested for journey into 'pizza oven'10 Jul 2017

BepiColombo Factsheet6 Jul 2017

2016

ESA Science & Technology: Fact Sheet+ 1 event1 Dec 2016

BepiColombo Launch Rescheduled for October 201825 Nov 2016

BepiColombo Overview5 Sep 2016

T6 ion thruster firing27 Apr 2016

T6 ion thrusters installed on BepiColombo26 Apr 2016

2015

Effektutvärdering av Rymdstyrelsens åtaganden i stora instrumentprojekt i plasmafysik23 Sep 2015

НАСА разбило станцию Messenger о поверхность Меркурия30 Apr 2015

2017-re csúszik a Merkúr-szonda8 Apr 2015

2014

BepiColomboGOV26 Aug 2014

Mercury Exploration Project "BepiColombo"15 Jun 2014

ESA Science & Technology: Testing general relativity7 Feb 2014

2013

BepiColombo Electric Propulsion Thruster and High Power Electronics Coupling Test Performances15 Jun 2013

2011

Magnetospheric Orbiter Sunshield and Interface Shaker Test29 Sep 2011

BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO)15 Jun 2011

MMO (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter): Objectives15 Jun 2011

2010

The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on bepicolombo15 Jun 2010

The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on bepicolombo12 Jun 2010

BepiColombo�Comprehensive exploration of Mercury: Mission overview and science goals12 Jan 2010

2009

Marcury Exploration Project "BepiColombo"8 Jun 2009

Marcury Exploration Project "BepiColombo"8 Jun 2009

2008

MMO/BepiColombo12 Jun 2008

European probe aims for Mercury18 Jan 2008

Mercury Planetary Orbiter – Instruments15 Jan 2008

2007

Mercury's Atmosphere: A Surface-Bounded Exosphere15 Aug 2007

Mercury's Atmosphere: A Surface-Bounded Exosphere12 Aug 2007

Mercury's Atmosphere: A Surface-Bounded Exosphere12 Aug 2007

BepiColombo to Enter Implementation Phase26 Feb 2007

BepiColombo To Enter Implementation Phase26 Feb 2007

2006

Mercury Nanokhod Rover - Hardware Realisation and Testing", ,12 Nov 2006

2004

A Gravity Assist PrimerGOV23 Jul 2004

Current status of the BepiColombo/MMO spacecraft design15 Jan 2004

Current status of the BepiColombo/MMO spacecraft design12 Jan 2004

2003

Critical Decisions on Cosmic Vision7 Nov 2003

Europe Scaling BackGOV6 Nov 2003

BepiColombo – Testing general relativity4 Jul 2003

2002

The BepiColombo ESA cornerstone mission to Mercury12 Jun 2002

BepiColombo's lander20 Feb 2002

Undated

BepiColombo arrival at Mercury timeline

esa-delays-bepicolombo-orbital-insertion-because-of-thruster-problem

BepiColombo to swing by Mercury for the sixth time

BepiColombo's ground control

Mission Operations – Getting to Mercury

ESA Science & Technology - BepiColombo's journey to Mercury

In A Complete Fluke, A European Spacecraft Is About To Fly Past Venus – And Could Look For Signs Of Life

JAXA/Akatsuki - ESA/JAXA BepiColombo coordination during Venus flybys in Oct. 2020 and Aug. 2021 - EnVision: A Venus orbiter mission in partnership between ESA and NASA

Sights and sounds of a Venus flyby+ 1 event

BepiColombo monitoring cameras

BepiColombo's first views of Mercury

BepiColombo's first tastes of Mercury science

Second helpings of Mercury

Mercury's magnetic landscape mapped in 30 minutes

Can't stop won't stop: Solar Orbiter shows the Sun raging on+ 1 event

BepiColombo's best images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby

BepiColombo reveals Mercury in a new light

Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

BepiColombo factsheet

BepiColombo's second Venus flyby in images

ESA Science & Technology - Mercury Planetary Orbiter - spacecraft

MPS: BepiColombo – SERENA

MPS: MIXS on BepiColombo

A pair of planetary Explorers at Mercury

BepiColombo factsheet

Jonathan's Space Report+ 3 events

BepiColombo To Enter Implementation Phase

Venus Flybys - BepiColombo Flyby - Cosmos

JAXA | MIO – Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter’s New Name

BepiColombo overview

Critical decisions on Cosmic Vision

BepiColombo, The Mision

JAXA 宇宙科学研究所

BepiColombo: hoja de datos (inglés)

Final 'suicida' de una nave espacial en Mercurio

A trio of images highlight BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby

BepiColombo Spacecraft Launch on 7-Year Trek to Mercury for Europe and Japan

BepiColombo operations+ 1 event

Observa a BepiColombo durante su sobrevuelo de despedida

Meeting Mercury

ESA says BepiColombo will stay on budget despite delay

BepiColumbo Fact Sheet

BepiColombo's journey to Mercury

BepiColombo az ESA honlapján

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水星探査機「みお」打ち上げ成功 2025年到着予定

水星探査機「みお」打ち上げ＝日欧共同計画、仏領ギアナから－JAXA

BepiColombo MMOの熱制御系

BepiColombo Mercury mission to be launched in 2015

日欧初の水星探査機ベピコロンボ日本側の探査機MMOを公開

いってらっしゃい！水星探査機「みお」地球スイングバイを実施

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BepiColombo blasts off to investigate Mercury’s mysteries

Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) - Cosmos

NASA Space Science Data Coordinated ArchiveGOV

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Ультрафиолетовый спектрометр PHEBUS

Меркурианский гамма и нейтронный спектрометр МГНС для проекта ЕКА «БепиКоломбо»

Камера наблюдения в лучах натрия MSASI

Europe's BepiColombo spacecraft zooms within 150 miles of Mercury in close flyby

BepiColombo востаннє пролетів повз Меркурій і сфотографував його затінені кратери

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