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Mission Profile
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Objectives | The BepiColombo project is a large-scale mission to perform a comprehensive study on Mercury including its magnetic field, magnetosphere, interior and surface with two Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) explorers developed by ESA and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) developed by JAXA. Missions of MMO
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Launch | Date | FY2014 |
Location | Guiana Space Center, Kourou, French Guiana | |
Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 rocket | |
Configuration | Weight | Total weight: approx. 250 kg, observation instruments: approx. 40 kg |
Shape | Octagonal cylinder, 180cm long from face to face and 90cm high Equipped with four wire antennas (15m) for electric-field and radio-wave measurement and two masts (5m) for magnetic-field measurement [Click image for enlargement] |
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Orbit | Altitude | Perihermion 400 km, Apohermion 12,000 km |
Inclination | 90° | |
Type of Orbit | Orbit around Mercury | |
Period | Approx.9.3 hr | |
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