BepiColombo (MPO+MMO) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA245) - Kourou ELA-3 - 20.10.2018 - 04:45:35 ДМВ

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Schiphol‏Подлинная учетная запись @Schiphol 49 мин. назад

Unusual cargo passing through our airport this week: components of the @esa #BepiColombo mission to planet Mercury are being transported by the Antonov.

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To Europe's spaceport!

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 23 апр. 2018 г.

Meet our new space explorers, the spacecraft of the BepiColombo mission, as they begin their adventure to planet Mercury. But first, they have to navigate through Amsterdam Schiphol airport to reach Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The spacecraft really do depart from Schiphol; along with essential ground-support equipment they are scheduled to fly in a series of Antonov aircraft during the last week of April and first week of May. Upon arrival at Kourou, an intensive six-months of preparations will prepare the mission for launch. The launch window opens 5 October until 29 November 2018.

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http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/04/ESA-BepiColombo-takes-to-the-Air.html

ESA´s BepiColombo takes to the Air
23 April 2018


The first elements of the BepiColombo hardware were loaded into an Antonov An-124 cargo plane

Amsterdam, 23/04/2018 - After years of development the BepiColombo spacecraft which will be heading to Mercury from autumn 2018 has at last taken to the air. On 23 April 2018 the first elements of the BepiColombo hardware were loaded into an Antonov An-124 cargo plane for transport from Amsterdam´s Schiphol Airport to the European Spaceport Kourou in French Guiana. After a fuelling stop in the Azores Islands the Antonov will arrive early on 24 April. This Antonov flight was the first of four flights needed to transport the spacecraft and all handling and test equipment to Kourou. The flights are supported by three transports by ship for further items.

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Having completed a comprehensive test programme at European Space Agency´s Technology Centre ESTEC in Noordwijk (The Netherlands) the BepiColombo spacecraft is almost ready for launch. Between May and October 2018 the final launch preparations will be performed so that the spacecraft can then be launched aboard an Ariane 5 ECA.

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. It will set off in autumn 2018 (launch window is open from 5 October to 29 November) on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. When it arrives at Mercury in late 2025, it will endure temperatures in excess of 350 °C and gather data during its one year nominal mission, with a possible 1-year extension.

BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission performed in a partnership between ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The BepiColombo mission involves the delivery of the MPO (Mercury Planetary Orbiter) and the MMO (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter) to complementary orbits around the planet Mercury. JAXA provides the MMO, whilst Airbus is prime contractor for ESA, providing the MPO and all other spacecraft hardware. The scientific payload is provided by national agencies.

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 2 ч. назад

1 of 4 Antonov An-124 flights is, on it's way to Cayenne... #BepiColombo

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BepiColombo‏Подлинная учетная запись @BepiColombo 1 ч. назад

While the first flight of #BepiColombo equipment left for Kourou yesterday, final preparations continue back at #ESTEC for @ESA_Bepi

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 3 мин. назад

Currently on its way to Kourou is @BepiColombo sun shield #MOSIF (Magnetospheric Orbiter's Sunshield and Interface Structure)

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Bepi‏ @ESA_Bepi 3 ч.3 часа назад

Still here in the test centre! Almost ready for packing; engineers had to remove some equipment before my flight to Kourou. Here's an unusual view of my side panel without any insulation blankets You can also see my high gain antenna I'll use to chat to you back on Earth

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 40 мин. назад

Incoming ! #BepiColombo #MOSIF #VA245


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First #BepiColombo Antonov AN-124 flight has just landed in Cayenne, on-board among other equipment is the sun shield #MOSIF

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Stéphane Israël‏ @arianespaceceo 20 ч. назад

The initial elements for #Europe's history-making #Ariane5 mission to #Mercury have arrived in French Guiana! This was the first of four cargo flights that will deliver the #BepiColombo spacecraft and all handling/test equipment for pre-launch preparations. @ESA @JAXA_en

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Bepi‏ @ESA_Bepi 39 мин. назад

Arrived in Kourou! Looking forward to settling in to my new home for the next six months...& for @ESA_MTM & @JAXA_MMO to arrive next week so we can get ready for our trip to #Mercury together! You can read about the #Spaceport here: http://ow.ly/UDDv30jIiHZ  #Bepicolombo

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http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/bepicolombo-hardware-arrives/

Ariane 5 | April 25, 2018

Initial hardware arrives for Arianespace's launch of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury


The BepiColombo mission's first hardware to arrive in French Guiana is unloaded at Félix Eboué Airport near Cayenne for its transfer by road to the Spaceport.

Arianespace's next flight at the service of deep space exploration took one step closer to launch with today's arrival in French Guiana of initial hardware for the BepiColombo mission to planet Mercury.

The hardware arrived at Félix Eboué Airport near the French Guiana capital city of Cayenne, where it was unloaded from a chartered An-124 cargo jetliner for transfer by road to Europe's Spaceport. This marked the first of four airlifts that will transport the spacecraft, along with related handling and test equipment, from the European continent to the Spaceport. Additional hardware will be brought to French Guiana by ship.

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BepiColombo was developed in a joint effort of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and will be launched later this year by Arianespace's workhorse Ariane 5. The mission is designed to study and understand Mercury's composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history. After arriving at Mercury in late 2025, BepiColombo will have a nominal one-year duration, with the possibility for an extension.

A 6.4-meter-high BepiColombo spacecraft stack on Ariane 5

Ariane 5 is tasked to place the mission's three elements on their deep space journey: the ESA-led Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO); the JAXA-led Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO); and a transfer module that will propel the spacecraft using a combination of solar power, electric propulsion and nine gravity-assist flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury.

These spacecraft elements will be integrated in a 6.4-meter-high stack for their installation on Ariane 5, with a combined liftoff mass of approximately four metric tons. Ariane 5's launch of BepiColombo is designated VA245 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system.

Airbus is responsible for designing and building the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, as well as the BepiColombo transfer module.

The mission to Mercury is named after Italian Professor Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo, a mathematician whose accomplishments included the understanding of Mercury's rotation and suggesting how to use a Venus gravity-assist swing-by that placed the U.S. Mariner 10 spacecraft in a solar orbit for three flybys of Mercury in the 1970s.

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Stéphane Israël‏ @arianespaceceo 20 ч. назад

It was another busy day in French Guiana with the second delivery of elements for #BepiColombo, a joint mission between @ESA and @JAXA_en executed under ESA leadership. Liftoff is scheduled for October with an #Ariane5!

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BepiColombo‏Подлинная учетная запись @BepiColombo 3 ч. назад

A busy first week at the #Spaceport for our teams already there, unpacking and setting up offices, control rooms & ground support equipment, and of course taking care of the arrival of @ESA_Bepi! (Photo from inside the packed Antonov cargo plane on Thurs; credit: ESA-M.Cowan)

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BepiColombo‏Подлинная учетная запись @BepiColombo сейчас2 минуты назад


The third of four Antonov cargo planes carrying our #BepiColombo spacecraft & ground support equipment just took off from @Schiphol and flew over @esa #ESTEC. Now on its way to #Spaceport Kourou, via Santa Maria.

Самолёт авиакомпании "Волга-Днепр" (рейс VDA4200) приземлился в аэропорту Santa-Maria в 22:00МСК.

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BepiColombo‏Подлинная учетная запись @BepiColombo 10 ч. назад

The container cover is lifted from our #bepicolombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter in one of the clean rooms at our Kourou #spaceport

Bepi‏ @ESA_Bepi 10 ч. назад

Me seeing my new home base at the #spaceport for the first time! Thanks to all my crew who got me here safe [ Photo: ESA-M.Basile]

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ESA Science‏Подлинная учетная запись @esascience 4 ч.4 часа назад


Are you following our #BepiColombo activities? Three of four cargo planes have transported our @BepiColombo spacecraft & equipment from Europe to #Spaceport Kourou so far...there's a lot of packing and preparations for planet #Mercury! More via @ESA_Bepi @JAXA_MMO & @ESA_MTM

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Stéphane Israël‏ @arianespaceceo сейчас41 минуту назад


#Arianespace is proud to support #BepiColombo, @ESA and @JAXA_en's mission to study the composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of the planet #Mercury! Preparations are continuing in French Guiana, where the third batch of elements have arrived.

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Antonov 124 vervoert satellietonderdelen vanaf Schiphol

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Опубликовано: 3 мая 2018 г.

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Bepi‏ @ESA_Bepi 2 ч. назад

No muddy paw prints on the floor from me! More photos from my arrival and unpacking in the clean room at Europe's #Spaceport: http://ow.ly/gnjw30jPFJB 

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MMO‏ @JAXA_MMO 2 ч. назад

無事にフランス領ギアナの打ち上げ場に到着！ @ESA_Bepi、お待たせ！ Safely arrived at French Guiana #Spaceport! Hello again, @ESA_Bepi!