Important news from BepiColombo, ESA & JAXA’s Mercury mission, due to below par performance of its key ion thrusters:
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Important news from BepiColombo, ESA & JAXA’s Mercury mission, due to below par performance of its key ion thrusters:
1. This week’s 4th Mercury flyby (23:48CEST on 4 Sep) has been deliberately altered to be 35km lower than originally planned, just 165km above the surface.
2. This is the first part of a new lower-power cruise trajectory that will see Bepi now enter Mercury orbit in Nov 2026, 11 months later than originally scheduled.
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