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The BepiColombo Mission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Rita Schulz ,
Peter Falkner ,
Anthony Peacock ,
Christian Erd ,
Nicola Rando  and
Stefan Kraft
Rita Schulz
Affiliation:
Research and Scientific Support Department of ESA, ESTEC, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Peter Falkner
Affiliation:
Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office of ESA, ESTEC, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Anthony Peacock
Affiliation:
Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office of ESA, ESTEC, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Christian Erd
Affiliation:
Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office of ESA, ESTEC, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Nicola Rando
Affiliation:
Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office of ESA, ESTEC, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Stefan Kraft
Affiliation:
cosine Research B.V., Niels Bohrweg 11, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

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BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission to the planet Mercury which will provide the detailed information necessary to understand Mercury and its magnetospheric environment. The mission is envisaged to consist of three spacecrafts, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) and the Mercury Surface Element (MSE). The mission went through a re-assessment with the aim of optimizing resources and and advancing the scientific return. Various mission scenarios were investigated and new pay load concepts were adopted. The newly defined mission will be presented focusing on the launch scenario and the MPO reference payload.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 75 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

References

ESA (2000) BepiColombo: An interdisciplinary cornerstone mission to the planet Mercury, System Technology Study Report, April 2000, ESA-SCI(2000)1.Google Scholar
Thomas, N., Schulz, R., & Falkner, P. 2003, This volume, JD2Google Scholar