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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
25-Jan-2026 05:28 UT

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