BepiColombo spacecraft
The BepiColombo flight system combines ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Transfer Module with JAXA's Mio Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. The transfer module carries the two science orbiters to Mercury, where MPO and Mio will separate into complementary polar orbits.
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- Aliases
- BepiColombo composite spacecraftBepiColombo flight system
- Family Name
- BepiColombo
- Full Name
- BepiColombo spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- The BepiColombo flight system combines ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Transfer Module with JAXA's Mio Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. The transfer module carries the two science orbiters to Mercury, where MPO and Mio will separate into complementary polar orbits.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 4,100
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 21:59:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 09:56:53 UTC
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