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MPO arrives in Kourou


Date: 27 April 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter offloading from the Antonov
Location: French Guiana
Copyright: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG – S.Martin

ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission arrives in Kourou, French Guiana for launch preparations at Europe's Spaceport.

Here the container carrying the spacecraft module is offloaded from the Antonov cargo plane.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
5-Mar-2026 08:23 UT

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