BepiColumbo Makes its Third Flyby of Mercury, Seeing the Planet's Night Side
ESA’s BepiColumbo continues its journey to Mercury by making another flyby … of Mercury! This is the third of six planned flybys of its destination planet, each of which gives the spacecraft a gravitational deceleration. Eventually, it’ll slow down enough to go into its final operational orbit.
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BepiColumbo Makes its Third Flyby of Mercury, Seeing the Planet's Night Side

ESA’s BepiColumbo continues its journey to Mercury by making another flyby … of Mercury! This is the third of six planned flybys of its destination planet, each of which gives the spacecraft a gravitational deceleration. Eventually, it’ll slow down enough to go into its final operational orbit. In the most recent flyby on June 19, … Continue reading "BepiColumbo Makes its Third Flyby of Mercury, Seeing the Planet's Night Side"

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BepiColombo launch live by European Space Agency

Watch European Space Agency's BepiColombo launch live on Livestream.com. Watch live as the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury is launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. BepiColombo is the first European mission to Mercury, the smallest and least explored planet in the inner Solar System. It is the first Mercury mission to send two science orbiters to make complementary measurements of the planet’s dynamic environment at the same time. A third module will transport the orbiters on the seven year cruise to Mercury, using a combination of solar electric propulsion and nine gravity assist flybys at Earth, Venus and Mercury. Schedule: 03:15 CEST Start of live transmission 03:45 CEST Liftoff, followed by confirmation of acquisition of signal, expected 40 minutes after launch 04:30 CEST End of live transmission