BEPICOLOMBO
BEPICOLOMBO
- BepiColombo has completed its latest flyby of Mercury. It will begin to orbit in 2026.
About BepiColombo
- Launched: 2018.
- BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, consisting of two spacecraft riding together to Mercury to orbit and to study the planet.
- The European Space Agency's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) will study the planet's surface and interior.
- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MIO) will study the planet's magnetic field.
- Only two other spacecraft have visited Mercury: NASA's Mariner 10 and MESSENGER.