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BepiColombo stack


Date: 28 April 2017
Satellite: BepiColombo
Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab

Artist's impression of the BepiColombo 'stack' as seen from above. JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter can be seen inside the sunshield at the top of the stack, with ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter below. The Mercury Transfer Module is at the bottom.

Note: a version of this image with a transparent background and a clean cut out of the spacecraft is available here [5331 × 3000 png, 3.9 MB].

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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