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BepiColombo Separates Its Transfer Module and Faces the Orbit of Mercury

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BepiColombo has left behind its transfer module and faces the arrival in Mercury. The European Space Agency confirmed the maneuver from the Darmstadt operations center. At 15:49 CEST on September 3, the ESCO controllers received the signal they expected: the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) had successfully separated from the entire ship. The ESA official page describes the milestone as the first step of the expected arrival on the planet. The Euro…
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BepiColombo has left behind its transfer module and faces the arrival in Mercury. The European Space Agency confirmed the maneuver from the Darmstadt operations center. At 15:49 CEST on September 3, the ESCO controllers received the signal they expected: the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) had successfully separated from the entire ship. The ESA official page describes the milestone as the first step of the expected arrival on the planet. The Euro…

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Merca2.es broke the news on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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