BepiColombo
ESA · JAXA · launched 2018
Two orbiters riding together to Mercury, arriving November 2026.
Right now · as of
At Mercury
117 million km from Earth; a signal takes 6 min 29 s
55.9 million km from the Sun, moving at 0.53 km/s relative to Mercury
Open in 3DThe flight
October 20, 2018
Launched on Ariane 5 ECA from Kourou ELA-3
April 10, 2020
Flies past Earth, 19,065 km away
October 15, 2020
Flies past Venus, 16,775 km away
August 10, 2021
Flies past Venus, 6,605 km away
October 1, 2021
Flies past Mercury, 2,670 km away
June 23, 2022
Flies past Mercury, 2,661 km away
June 19, 2023
Flies past Mercury, 2,676 km away
September 4, 2024
Flies past Mercury, 2,605 km away
December 1, 2024
Flies past Mercury, 40,066 km away
January 8, 2025
Flies past Mercury, 2,750 km away
September 17, 2026
Arrives at Mercury
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- ESA · JAXA
- Launched
- October 20, 2018
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch site
- Kourou ELA-3
- International designator
- 2018-080A