BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module on the WM50/6 test system

Date: 19 November 2012
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Transfer Module Structural and Thermal Model
Location: Hydra cleanroom, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), the Netherlands
Copyright: ESA
BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) on the WM50/6 mass properties test system in the 'Hydra' cleanroom at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The WM50/6 was used to measure the position of the MTM centre of gravity along the lateral (horizontal, in this configuration) axes and the moment of inertia about the longitudinal (vertical) axis.
Last Update: 1 September 2019