october, 2018
05oct00:00Ariane 5 • BepiColombo
Event Details
Launch Date: October 5 - November 31, 2018 Launch Window: TBA Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5 ECA Launch Operator: Arianespace Launch Site: ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, French Guiana Payload: BepiColombo (4,100kg) Payload Type: Mercury Science Orbiter Spacecraft Manufacturer: Airbus Defence & Space Mission Operator: ESA & JAXA
Event Details
| Launch Date: | October 5 – November 31, 2018 |
| Launch Window: | TBA |
| Launch Vehicle: | Ariane 5 ECA |
| Launch Operator: | Arianespace |
| Launch Site: | ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, French Guiana |
| Payload: | BepiColombo (4,100kg) |
| Payload Type: | Mercury Science Orbiter |
| Spacecraft Manufacturer: | Airbus Defence & Space |
| Mission Operator: | ESA & JAXA |
Europe’s Ariane 5 ECA rocket will launch the BepiColombo spacecraft on a 7.2-year odyssey through the inner Solar System that will include nine planetary flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury before the spacecraft can enter orbit around Mercury. Widely regarded as the most challenging long-term planetary project, BepiColombo sets out to collect invaluable data for the study of how rocky planets form. The BepiColombo mission consists of two orbiters – the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter MMO, operated by JAXA, and the Mercury Planetary Orbiter MPO, operated by ESA. MPO will study the surface and internal composition of Mercury while MMO will examine the planet’s magnetic field.
Mission Resources:
? Launch Vehicle Overview: Ariane 5 ECA
Time
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