Mercury Transfer Module

E323700

spacecraft module spacecraft propulsion module

The Mercury Transfer Module is the propulsion and support unit of the BepiColombo mission that carries and guides its orbiters on the long journey from Earth to Mercury.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mercury Transfer Module canonical	6
Mercury Transfer Module (MTM)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	spacecraft module ⓘ spacecraft propulsion module ⓘ
agency	European Space Agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MTM ⓘ
attachedTo	Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter during cruise ⓘ Mercury Planetary Orbiter during cruise ⓘ
carries	Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ Sunshield and Interface Structure ⓘ
cooperatingAgency	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Europe ⓘ
designedForLifetime	interplanetary cruise duration ⓘ
destination	Mercury ⓘ
developedFor	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: ESA BepiColombo mission
launchCountry	France ⓘ
launchDate	2018-10-20 ⓘ
launchSite	Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
launchVehicle	Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ
manufacturer	EADS ⓘ surface form: Airbus Defence and Space
mission	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo mission to Mercury
missionPhase	cruise phase to Mercury ⓘ
missionTarget	study of Mercury by carried orbiters ⓘ
missionType	planetary exploration support module ⓘ
operator	European Space Agency ⓘ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ surface form: JAXA
partOf	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo
performsGravityAssistAt	Earth ⓘ Mercury ⓘ Venus ⓘ
powerSource	solar arrays ⓘ
primaryFunction	interplanetary transfer ⓘ power supply ⓘ propulsion ⓘ thermal control ⓘ
propulsionSystem	ion thruster system ⓘ
propulsionType	solar electric propulsion ⓘ
providesThermalProtectionFor	Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ
separationEvent	separates from orbiters before Mercury orbit insertion ⓘ
spacecraftBusType	custom ESA deep-space transfer module ⓘ
status	in flight ⓘ
supports	attitude control ⓘ communications relay ⓘ spacecraft navigation ⓘ
targetBody	planet Mercury ⓘ
trajectoryType	gravity-assist trajectory ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

BepiColombo mission → spacecraftComponent → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ

subject surface form: BepiColombo

Mercury Planetary Orbiter → coLaunchedWith → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ

Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter → missionPartnerSpacecraft → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ

Sunshield and Interface Structure → associatedWith → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ

MMO → coLaunchedWith → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Transfer Module (MTM)

MTM → fullName → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ

Mio → coLaunchedWith → Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ