Thruster Issues Delay BepiColombo’s Mercury Arrival by 11 Months
The European Space Agency has announced that persistent issues with the BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module’s thrusters will delay its arrival around the closest planet to the Sun by 11 months. BepiColombo was launched aboard an Ariane 5 in October 2018. The mission consists of two complementary spacecraft: ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan’s Mercury Magnetospheric […]
Published by European Spaceflight on 09/02/2024
