Mercury Planetary Orbiter – Spaceflight Now

September 24, 2018

Breaking News

[ September 22, 2018 ] New sample return capability launches with Japanese space station freighter Mission Reports
[ September 22, 2018 ] Japanese robots land on asteroid, send back pictures News
[ September 21, 2018 ] Photos: Final Delta 2 launch shines before dawn in California Delta 2
[ September 21, 2018 ] Launch of Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship reset for Saturday Mission Reports
[ September 20, 2018 ] Expansion of China’s Beidou satellite fleet continues with successful launch Mission Reports

Arianespace aims for busy second half of 2018

July 3, 2018

Europe’s first mission to Mercury, a quartet of Galileo navigation spacecraft, the world’s first global winds observatory, and a new European weather satellite have arrived at an equatorial launch base in French Guiana in preparation for launches in the coming months.

BepiColombo Mercury mission tested for journey into ‘pizza oven’

July 10, 2017

Three spacecraft built in Europe and Japan have completed their final joint tests to ensure they are ready for departure to Mercury on an Ariane 5 rocket late next year on the nearly $1.9 billion BepiColombo mission to survey the solar system’s innermost planet.