Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter

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Mercury orbiter planetary science mission element spacecraft

Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter is a Japanese-built spacecraft designed to study Mercury’s magnetic field and space environment as part of the joint ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission.

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Label Occurrences
Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter canonical 12

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mercury orbiter ⓘ
planetary science mission element ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MMO ⓘ
Mio ⓘ
collaboratingAgency ESA ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form: JAXA
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
designedFor long-term observations of Mercury’s magnetosphere ⓘ
destination orbit around Mercury ⓘ
launchCountry France ⓘ
launchDate 20 October 2018 ⓘ
2018-10-20 ⓘ
launchSite Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
launchVehicle Ariane 5 ⓘ
manufacturer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form: JAXA
missionObjective characterize plasma environment around Mercury ⓘ
investigate magnetosphere–exosphere coupling at Mercury ⓘ
investigate solar wind interaction with Mercury ⓘ
study Mercury’s magnetic field ⓘ
study Mercury’s magnetosphere ⓘ
study Mercury’s space environment ⓘ
missionPartnerAgency European Space Agency ⓘ
missionPartnerSpacecraft Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ
Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ
missionPhase Mercury orbit operations ⓘ
cruise to Mercury ⓘ
missionProgram BepiColombo mission ⓘ
surface form: BepiColombo
missionTarget Mercury ⓘ
missionType magnetospheric research ⓘ
space environment study ⓘ
operator Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form: JAXA
orbitType polar orbit around Mercury ⓘ
partOf BepiColombo mission ⓘ
surface form: BepiColombo
plannedMercuryOrbitInsertion 2025 ⓘ
powerSource solar power ⓘ
program BepiColombo joint ESA–JAXA mission ⓘ
renamed Mio ⓘ
renamingAgency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form: JAXA
sciencePayload magnetometer instruments ⓘ
particle detectors ⓘ
plasma instruments ⓘ
wave instruments ⓘ
spaceAgency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
spacecraftBus spin-stabilized spacecraft ⓘ
spinStabilized true ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

BepiColombo mission → spacecraftComponent → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: BepiColombo
Mercury Planetary Orbiter → coLaunchedWith → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
Mercury Transfer Module → carries → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
Mercury Transfer Module → providesThermalProtectionFor → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
Sunshield and Interface Structure → relatedMissionElement → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
MPO → missionPartnerSpacecraft → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
MMO → fullName → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
MTM → providesPowerTo → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
MTM → carries → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
MTM → separatesFrom → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
MOSIF → relatedTo → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
Mio → previousDesignation → Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ