Sewing MPO insulation blankets
Date: 02 July 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: MPO and MMO
Location: Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA–B.Guillaume
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission at Europe's Spaceport undergoing intense preparations for launch. Here, sewing of the insulation blankets on ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) is taking place, while JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) can be seen in the background.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
