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English: The BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) has returned its first images of the deployed antennas onboard the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO).
The‘M-CAM 2’ cameracaptured the medium-gain antenna, while‘M-CAM 3’looked towards the deployed high-gain antenna. Glimpses of the MTM solar arrays are also visible in both images (follow the links to full descriptions of what can be seen in each image). These two images follow the view obtained by ‘M-CAM 1’ yesterday, whichimaged one of the deployed solar arraysof the transfer module. The successful deployments had all been confirmed by telemetry before the images were taken. The transfer module’s three monitoring cameras provide black-and-white snapshots in 1024 x 1024 pixel resolution. The location and field of view of ‘M-CAM 2’ and ‘M-CAM 3’ are indicated in this graphic. The monitoring cameras will be used on various occasions during the cruise phase, notably during the flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury. While the MPO is equipped with a high-resolution scientific camera, this can only be operated after separating from the MTM upon arrival at Mercury in late 2025 because, like several of the 11 instrument suites, it is located on the side of the spacecraft fixed to the MTM during cruise. BepiColombo launched at 01:45 GMT on 20 October on an Ariane 5. BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. It is the first European mission to Mercury, the smallest and least explored planet in the inner Solar System, and the first to send two spacecraft to make complementary measurements of the planet and its dynamic environment at the same time. More about the monitoring cameras. |
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Source | http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/10/BepiColombo_images_antennas |
Author | European Space Agency |
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Title InfoField | BepiColombo images antennas |
Mission InfoField | BepiColombo |
Activity InfoField | Space Science |
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