BepiColombo Mercury magnetospheric orbiter design

Hiroshi Yamakawa; Hiroyuki Ogawa; Yoshitsugu Sone; Hajime Hayakawa; Yasumasa Kasaba; Takeshi Takashima; Toshifumi Mukai; Takahiko Tanaka; Masaki Adachi

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.01.040

BepiColombo Mercury magnetospheric orbiter design

Hiroshi Yamakawa, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Yoshitsugu Sone, Hajime Hayakawa, Yasumasa Kasaba, Takeshi Takashima, Toshifumi Mukai, Takahiko Tanaka, Masaki Adachi

SCI - Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center (PPARC)

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This paper summarizes the current status of the BepiColombo Mercury magnetospheric orbiter (MMO) spacecraft design. The MMO is a spinning spacecraft of 223 kg mass whose spin axis is nearly perpendicular to the Mercury orbital plane. The current status of the overall MMO system and subsystems such as thermal control, communication, power, etc., are described. The critical technologies are also outlined. Furthermore, the outline of the international cooperation between Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and European Space Agency is also presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	699-705
Number of pages	7
Journal	Acta Astronautica
Volume	62
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.01.040
Publication status	Published - 2008 Jun

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