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BepiColombo (2). Telespazio embarks on mission to Mercury

Carried out jointly between the ESA and JAXA

The BepiColombo spacecraft, the Europe's first mission to Mercury, was successfully launched on October 19 from the Guiana Space Center. The launch took place at 10.45 pm (local time) with an Ariane 5 ECA launcher. Carried out jointly between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission to Mercury, the smallest and least...

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Ariane 5 has successfully completed its seventh mission of 2018, positioning the BepiColombo spacecraft into orbit for its direct flight to Mercury, the smallest and least explored planet in our solar... more

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