BepiColombo completes fourth Mercury flyby
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 06, 2024
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission successfully carried out its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing critical data and views of two distinct impact craters. These flybys utilize Mercury's gravity to steer the spacecraft for its final arrival in orbit around the planet in November 2026. The closest approach occurred on 4 September 2024 at 23:48 CEST (21:48 UTC), with Bepi
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission successfully carried out its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing critical data and views of two distinct impact craters. These flybys utilize Mercury's gravity to steer the spacecraft for its final arrival in orbit around the planet in November 2026. The closest approach occurred on 4 September 2024 at 23:48 CEST (21:48 UTC), with Bepi