BepiColombo stack – without sunshield

Date: 23 May 2017
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Flight model stack
Location: European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Copyright: ESA–C. Carreau, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
The BepiColombo stack seen on its vertical integration stand in ESA's test centre, in May 2017.
From bottom to top: the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM), sitting on top of an adapter , and with one folded solar array including protective cover visible to the left; the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), with its large radiator panel in the front; and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), with its deployable high-gain antenna (the white dish) visible on top, above the black protective panels.
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Last Update: 1 September 2019