Deep space
BepiColombo
BepiColombo is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the ESA Plan program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
View in 3D map ↗The mission
BepiColombo is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the ESA Plan program. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2018-080; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 20 October 2018, 01:45:28 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5ECA
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the BepiColombo mission on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 1:45 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2018-080
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Oct 20, 2018, 01:45 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 20 2018
- Pad and location
- ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
Humid and Mostly Cloudy Temp: 79.98F Wind: 8.75mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- Forecast updated
- Oct 20, 2018, 00:07 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
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Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Spacecraft
BepiColombo
GCAT program: ESA Plan.
- GCAT ID
- S43653
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space (UK)
- Launch mass
- 1,838 kg
- Propulsion
- S400?
- Dimensions
- 1.7 m long · 3.9 m diameter · 6 m span
Mio
GCAT program: JAXA Plan.
- GCAT ID
- A09204
- Manufacturer
- NEC Toshiba Space, Fuchu works
- Launch mass
- 285 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 30 m span
BepiColumbo MTM
GCAT program: ESA Plan.
- GCAT ID
- A09205
- Manufacturer
- Astrium Ltd (UK)
- Launch mass
- 1,872 kg
- Propulsion
- EPS/AOCS
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 3.9 m diameter · 30.4 m span
Gallery
One image from BepiColombo.
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