Mercury Planetary Orbiter
ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter is BepiColombo's planet-facing science orbiter. It carries eleven instrument suites to study Mercury's surface, composition, exosphere, interior and environment and supplies the propulsion used for Mercury orbit insertion before deploying Mio.
Identity
- Aliases
- MPOBepiColombo MPO
- Name
- Mercury Planetary Orbiter
- Slug
- bepicolombo-mpo
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter is BepiColombo's planet-facing science orbiter. It carries eleven instrument suites to study Mercury's surface, composition, exosphere, interior and environment and supplies the propulsion used for Mercury orbit insertion before deploying Mio.
- Operator Id
- vh76e0gh65et98bds1b49cvt8h89n8e5
- Vehicle Family Id
- nd7tjd4bxa5exjcd6hjkn17y8d8ahaht
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 10:00:04 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 10:00:04 PM
Other
- First Flight Date
- 2018-10-20
- Vehicle Code
- MPO