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MPO on board


Date: 26 April 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter loaded onto the Antonov
Location: Amsterdam Schiphol airport, the Netherlands
Copyright: ESA–M.Cowan

ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission, sealed inside its shipping container, is secured onboard the Antonov cargo plane that carried it from Amsterdam Schiphol airport to Kourou, French Guiana.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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