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Mercury Planetary Orbiter, top view


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

ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter, with the Sun-facing side of the solar array (left) visible. The flat panel at the right is the radiator. The main instrument panel that faces towards Mercury is out of view 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, 2.9 MB].

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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