BepiColombo cruise configuration
Date: 11 March 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab
Artist's impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft in cruise configuration. The Mercury Transfer Module is at the bottom in this orientation with its solar wings extended, spanning about 30 m from tip-to-tip. The 7.5 m-long solar array of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter in the middle is seen extending to the bottom. The Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter is visible inside the sunshield.
BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
