What Do BepiColombo’s Instrument Tests Establish Before Mercury Arrival?
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What Do BepiColombo’s Instrument Tests Establish Before Mercury Arrival?
BepiColombo’s science teams have reported instrument checks following the separation of its Mercury Transfer Module on September 3, 2026. An ESA mission update published on October 6 describes tests that became possible after the transfer hardware no longer obstructed parts of the observing instruments. The work concerns preparation for Mercury operations, rather than the start of the planned orbital science program.
The SIMBIO-SYS instrument, installed on board the joint mission between the European Space Agency and the JAXA called BepiColombo, successfully completed its first optical acquisitions in the final configuration after the detachment from the transfer module took place on 3 September. The apparatus, developed by the Italian Space Agency with the scientific guide of the National Institute of [...] L'articolo Missione Mercurio, ok ai primo test di …
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