MPO
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MPO is the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, one of the two main spacecraft of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission designed to study Mercury’s surface and internal composition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MPO canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercury orbiter
ⓘ
planetary probe ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MPO self-link ⓘ |
| belongsToProgram |
BepiColombo mission
ⓘ
surface form:
BepiColombo programme
|
| collaboration |
European Space Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
ESA–JAXA
|
| communicationBand |
Ka-band
ⓘ
X-band ⓘ |
| designedBy | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| destinationBody | Mercury ⓘ |
| fullName | Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ |
| launchCountry | France ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2018-10-20 ⓘ |
| launchLocation | Kourou ⓘ |
| launchSite | Guiana Space Centre ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Ariane 5 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| mission |
BepiColombo mission
ⓘ
surface form:
BepiColombo mission to Mercury
|
| missionDurationType | long-duration orbital mission ⓘ |
| missionPartnerSpacecraft |
MMO
ⓘ
Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ Mio ⓘ |
| missionPhase |
Mercury orbit operations phase
ⓘ
cruise to Mercury (as part of BepiColombo stack) ⓘ |
| missionTarget | Mercury ⓘ |
| missionType |
orbital reconnaissance
ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mercury
ⓘ
surface form:
Mercury (planet)
|
| onboardInstruments |
cameras
ⓘ
laser altimeter ⓘ magnetometer ⓘ particle detectors ⓘ radiometer ⓘ spectrometers ⓘ |
| operator | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| orbitType | polar orbit around Mercury ⓘ |
| partOf |
BepiColombo mission
ⓘ
surface form:
BepiColombo
|
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
study Mercury’s exosphere and magnetosphere coupling (with MMO/MMO-Mio data)
ⓘ
study Mercury’s internal composition ⓘ study Mercury’s surface ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
characterize Mercury’s geology
ⓘ
constrain Mercury’s internal structure ⓘ improve knowledge of Mercury’s gravitational field ⓘ investigate Mercury’s tectonics and volcanism ⓘ map Mercury’s surface composition ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| targetStar | Sun ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
BepiColombo