Watch (Opens in a new window) Shop (Opens in a new window)
(Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window)
BepiColombo sunshield at the Spaceport
13 JUL. 2018 publication date 900 Views

The Magnetospheric Orbiter Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF) that will protect the Japanese Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission en route to Mercury, pictured here during launch preparations at Europe's Spaceport.

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury, due to launch this year on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in the inner Solar System. When it arrives at Mercury in late 2025, it will endure temperatures in excess of 350 °C.

Credits

ESA - S. Corvaja

Licence

ESA Standard Licence

Related links

Related images

View all
A last selfie from MTM's monitoring camera 3
A last selfie from MTM's monitoring camera 2
A last selfie from MTM's monitoring camera 1
Preliminary Doppler signal
MTM separation signal confirmation
BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival simulations
BepiColombo Mercury arrival phase mission control team
BepiColombo thrusters switch off
Mercury arrival

We use cookies which are essential for you to access our website and/or to provide you with our services, enable you to share our website content via your social media accounts and allow us to measure and improve the performance of our website.

See our cookie notice