Ground handling trolley rotating MPO

Date: 08 August 2011
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter STM
Location: Test Centre, ESTEC
Copyright: ESA
The ground handling trolley rotating the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter Structural and Thermal Model so that its Z-axis is vertical, enabling the mounting adapter to be lifted off of the +Z face using the overhead crane.
Last Update: 1 September 2019