Mercury Transfer Module thruster floor
Date: 15 May 2014
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Transfer Module thruster floor
Location: Thales Alenia Space, Turin, Italy
Copyright: ESA
The BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) ProtoFlight Model (PFM) thruster floor upon delivery to Thales Alenia Space in Turin for testing. The two-axis pointing systems for the four thrusters are installed; the thrusters themselves will be integrated while the MTM is at ESTEC, along with the rest of the flight model hardware for the electrical propulsion system.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
