![]() ![]() ![]() Another component, a protective structure referred to as MOSIF, will shield MMO from excessive solar heating until Mercury orbit insertion. Equipped with its own set of solar arrays, power conditioning and distribution system, and chemical and electric propulsion, MTM is controlled by MPO’s computer. The Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) is responsible for propulsion through the 7-year interplanetary voyage of the composite spacecraft. To enable its journey to Mercury, BepiColombo has two other hardware components. JAXA’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO, recently named “Mio” through a public contest) carries instruments mostly dedicated to the study of the magnetic field, waves, and particles in the space environment around Mercury. Its radio science experiment will also perform a test of Einstein’s theory of relativity. ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) carries 11 instruments dedicated to the study of Mercury’s surface, interior structure, composition, exosphere, and magnetic field. The BepiColombo mission will deliver two independent spacecraft to Mercury. ![]()
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