European Space Agency to Launch Joint Mission to Mercury with Japanese Space Agency
The BepiCoombo space probe will be launched from French Guiana in South America at 9:45 pm tonight. It is a joint mission of the European and Japanese Space Agencies to send a pair of probes to Mercury. After a few gravity assists, the probes are expected to reach Mercury on December 5, 2025.
Live video players are embedded below so you can watch the launch live. They will be replaced with recorded videos after the launch. More information about the mission has been posted below the video players.
ESA Webcast
BepiColombo is named after Giuseppe “Bepi” Colombo (1920–1984), a scientist, mathematician, and engineer at the University of Padua, Italy, who first implemented the interplanetary gravity-assist maneuver during the 1974 Mariner 10 mission, a technique now commonly used by planetary probes.
The mission involves three components, which will separate into independent spacecraft upon arrival at Mercury.
•Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) for propulsion, built by ESA
•Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) built by ESA
•Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (Mio) built by JAXA
Source: Wikipedia [LINK]
ESA Website: [LINK]
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