Present status of the BepiColombo/Mercury magnetospheric orbiter

T. Mukai; H. Yamakawa; H. Hayakawa; Y. Kasaba; H. Ogawa

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.038

Present status of the BepiColombo/Mercury magnetospheric orbiter

T. Mukai, H. Yamakawa, H. Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, H. Ogawa

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Abstract

BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission to Mercury, conducted as a joint project by ESA and JAXA: a cornerstone mission in the ESA Cosmic Vision Program and one of the major missions in the JAXA Space Science Program. The mission consists of two spacecraft: the Mercury planetary orbiter (MPO), a three-axis stabilized satellite dedicated to the remote sensing of Mercury, and the Mercury magnetospheric orbiter (MMO), a spin-stabilized satellite devoted to the study of the Hermean magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. JAXA is responsible for development of the MMO and its operation. This paper gives an overview of the scientific payload of the MMO, which was formally selected in the fall of 2004 by JAXA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	578-582
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.038
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

BepiColombo
Mercury exploration
Mercury magnetospheric orbiter
Science payload

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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Present status of the BepiColombo/Mercury magnetospheric orbiter

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