Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter at Mercury

Date: 11 March 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Copyright: spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Mercury: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Artist's impression of the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter at Mercury.
BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
The view of Mercury is based on imagery from NASA's Messenger mission.
Last Update: 1 September 2019