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Mercury Planetary Orbiter, bottom view


Date: 28 April 2017
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter
Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab

ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter with the main instrument panel (bottom) that will face towards Mercury. The rear side of the solar panel (right) is shown in this orientation.

Note: a version of this image with a transparent background and a clean cut out of the spacecraft is available here [5331 × 3000 png, 3.0 MB].

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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