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MPO getting ready for takeoff


Date: 26 April 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Antonov cargo plane
Location: Amsterdam Schiphol airport, the Netherlands
Copyright: ESA–M.Cowan

ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission is sealed inside this Antonov cargo plane for its flight from Amsterdam Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, to Kourou, French Guiana.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
17-Mar-2026 12:10 UT

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