MPO prepares to leave ESA
Date: 24 April 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter transport
Location: European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Copyright: ESA/M.Cowan
ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission, sealed inside its shipping container, is moved out of the test centre at ESTEC. It will be transported by road to Amsterdam Schiphol airport and flown on an Antonov cargo plane to Kourou.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
