BepiColombo has had its first flyby of Mercury, which is also the closest it will have.

BC will perform six flybys in total until finally going into Mercury orbit insertion in 2025.

There will be two craft put into orbit:
The European Space Agency’s MPO which will have a maximum orbital height of about 1500 km
The Japanese Space Agency’s MMO which will have a maximum orbital height of about 12000 km

Both of these are delivered by the MTO, which use solar-electric ion propulsion.

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BepiColombo is Europe’s first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. When it arrives at Mercury in late 2025, it will endure temperatures in excess of 350 °C and gather data during its one-year nominal mission, with a possible one-year extension. The mission comprises two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (Mio). BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership.

https://sci.esa.int/web/bepicolombo

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dv said:

BepiColombo has had its first flyby of Mercury, which is also the closest it will have.

BC will perform six flybys in total until finally going into Mercury orbit insertion in 2025.

There will be two craft put into orbit:
The European Space Agency’s MPO which will have a maximum orbital height of about 1500 km
The Japanese Space Agency’s MMO which will have a maximum orbital height of about 12000 km

Both of these are delivered by the MTO, which use solar-electric ion propulsion.

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