MPO with high-temperature blankets partially installed
Date: 17 August 2011
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter STM
Location: Test Centre, ESTEC
Copyright: ESA
The BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter Structural and Thermal Model on its ground handling trolley with the high-temperature thermal blankets (white) partially installed. The conventional thermal blankets (silver) are visible where the high-temperature insulation has yet to be fitted.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
