Mercury Planetary Orbiter

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Mercury orbiter space probe spacecraft

Mercury Planetary Orbiter is the European spacecraft module of the BepiColombo mission, designed to study Mercury’s surface, composition, and environment from orbit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mercury Planetary Orbiter canonical	13
Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mercury orbiter ⓘ space probe ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ
abbreviation	MPO ⓘ
coLaunchedWith	Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ
collaboration	ESA–JAXA joint mission component ⓘ
countryOfOperator	Europe ⓘ
destination	Mercury orbit ⓘ
hasInstrument	cameras ⓘ laser altimeter ⓘ magnetometer ⓘ particle detectors ⓘ radio science experiment ⓘ radiometer ⓘ spectrometers ⓘ
launchCountry	French Guiana ⓘ
launchDate	2018-10-20 ⓘ
launchSite	Guiana Space Centre ⓘ Kourou ⓘ
launchVehicle	Ariane 5 ⓘ
manufacturer	Astrium ⓘ surface form: Airbus Defence and Space European Space Agency ⓘ
mission	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo
missionPhase	Mercury orbit operations ⓘ cruise with Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ
missionType	Mercury exploration ⓘ planetary science ⓘ
namedAfter	planet Mercury ⓘ
operator	European Space Agency ⓘ
orbitType	polar orbit around Mercury ⓘ
partOf	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo
powerSource	solar panels ⓘ
primaryObjective	study Mercury composition ⓘ study Mercury environment ⓘ study Mercury surface ⓘ
program	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo program
roleInMission	European orbiter module of BepiColombo ⓘ
scienceGoal	determine Mercury internal structure constraints ⓘ investigate Mercury geology ⓘ map Mercury surface in detail ⓘ measure Mercury gravity field ⓘ measure surface elemental abundances ⓘ study Mercury exosphere ⓘ study Mercury magnetosphere coupling to surface ⓘ study surface mineralogy ⓘ test general relativity near the Sun ⓘ
spaceAgency	ESA ⓘ
spacecraftBus	custom ESA planetary orbiter bus ⓘ
target	Mercury ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BepiColombo mission → spacecraftComponent → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

subject surface form: BepiColombo

Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter → missionPartnerSpacecraft → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

Mercury Transfer Module → carries → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

Mercury Transfer Module → providesThermalProtectionFor → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

Sunshield and Interface Structure → protects → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

Sunshield and Interface Structure → associatedWith → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

MPO → fullName → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

MMO → jointMissionWith → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

MMO → coLaunchedWith → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO)

MTM → providesPowerTo → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

MTM → carries → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

MTM → separatesFrom → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

MOSIF → relatedTo → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

Mio → coLaunchedWith → Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ