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Date: 23 August 2018
Satellite: BepiColombo
Depicts: MPO and MMO
Location: Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA–B.Guillaume

ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO, bottom) and JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO, top) arranged in their launch configuration at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, in preparation for a 'fit-check' with the Mercury Transfer Module (not visible in this image).

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