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BepiColombo

BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mio. The mission will perform a comprehensive study of Mercury, including characterization of its magnetic field, magnetosphere, and both interior and surface structure. It was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on 20 October 2018 at 01:45 UTC, with an arrival at Mercury planned for on 5 December 2025, after a flyby of Earth, two flybys of Venus, and six flybys of Mercury. The mission was approved in November 2009, after years in proposal and planning as part of the European Space Agency's Horizon 2000+ programme; it is the last mission of the programme to be launched.

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BepiColombo Successfully Begins Its Final Descent To Mercury

After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury: “Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is.”

BepiColombo Begins Final Approach to Mercury

2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here's what BepiColombo can do

'A new mission starting today': 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival

The spacecraft BepiColombo is finally nearing Mercury after 8 years in space

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BepiColombo Just Completed its Sixth Flyby of Mercury. Here are the Best Images

BepiColombo Just Completed its Sixth Flyby of Mercury. Here are the Best Images

BepiColombo Just Completed its Sixth Flyby of Mercury. Here are the Best Images

New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft BepiColombo

Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

Mercury looks stunning in images from BepiColombo spacecraft's 6th and final flyby

New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft BepiColombo

BepiColombo snaps Mercury's dark craters and volcanic plains

BepiColombo to swing by Mercury for the sixth time

BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

BepiColombo Unmasks Mercury’s Hidden Surface With Infrared Breakthrough

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