Instruments
The Science Programme Committee (SPC) in November 2004 unanimously approved the PRC recommended payload for a feasibility and definition phase of one year. In November 2005 the SPC confirmed the selected BepiColombo payload. The payload for the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) is selected by the Japanese space exploration agency JAXA.
MPO Instruments
| Name | Payload | Responsible | |
| BELA | Laser Altimeter | Co-PIs | |
| N.Thomas Physikalisches Institut University of Bern Switzerland |
T. Spohn DLR Inst. fur Planetenforschung Berlin Germany | ||
| ISA | Radio science ACC: accelerometer | PI V. Iafolla CNR-IFSI Rome Itlay | |
| MERMAG | Magnetometer | PI K.H. Glassmeier Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany |
Deputy PI C.M. Carr The Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London UK |
| MERTIS-TIS | Thermal infrared spectrometer | PI E.K. Jessberger Institut für Planetologie University Münster Germany | |
| MGNS | Gamma ray and neutron spectrometer | PI I. Mitrofanov Institute for Space Research Moscow Russia | |
| MIXS | X-ray spectrometer | PI G. Fraser Space Research Centre University of Leicester UK |
Co-PI K. Muinonen Observatory Univ. of Helsinki Finland |
| MORE | Radio science Ka-band transponder |
PI L. Iess University of Rome "La Sapienza" Italy | |
| PHEBUS | UV spectrometer | PI E. Chassefiere SA/IPSL Universite P&M Curie Paris France |
Co-PIs S. Okano Planetary Plasma & Atmospheric Research Center Tohoku University Sendai Japan O. Korablev IKI Moscow Russia |
| SERENA | Neutral and ionised particle analyser | PI S. Orsini CNR-IFSI Rome Italy |
Co-PIs S. A. Livi Johns Hopkins University Applied Physical Lab. Laurel USA S. Barabash Swedish Inst.of Space Physics (IRF) Kiruna Sweden K. Torkar Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences Graz Austria |
| SIMBIO-SYS | High resolution + stereo cameras, Visual and NIR spectrometer | PI E. Flamini Italian Space Agency Rome Italy |
Co-PIs F. Capaccioni INAF-IASF Rome Italy L. Colangeli INAF-Osserv.Astronomico di Capodimonte Napoli Italy G. Cremonese INAF-Osserv. Astronomico di Padova Italy A. Doressoundiram LESIA-Obs. de Paris Meudon France O. Forni Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) Orsay France J. L. Josset SPACE-X Space Exploration Neuchatel Switzerland |
| SIXS | Solar monitor | PI J. Huovelin Observatory-Univ. of Helsinki Finland |
Co-PI |
MMO Instruments
| Name | Payload | PI | Co-PI |
| MERMAG-M/MGF | Mercury Magnetometer | W. Baumjohann | A. Matsuoka |
| MPPE | Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment | Y. Saito | J.–A. Sauvaud M. Hirahara S. Barabash |
| PWI | Plasma Wave Instrument | H. Matsumoto | J.–L. Bougeret L. Blomberg H. Kojima S. Yagitani |
| MSASI | Mercury Sodium Atmospheric Spectral Imager | I. Yoshikawa | O. Korablev |
| MDM | Mercury Dust Monitor | K. Nogami | H. Ohashi |
Last Update: 1 September 2019