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Back Pressurisation Test

Pressurisation Test


Date: 16 June 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: Mercury Planetary Orbiter
Location: Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA–B.Guillaume

Precautionary blast shields are placed around the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter during a leak check of its propellant tanks.

The Magnetospheric Orbiter Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF) is also partly visible to the left, behind a mobile platform.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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