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MMOAlternativeName
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Mio
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MMOOperator
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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MMOScienceFocus
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magnetosphere of Mercury
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MPOOperator
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European Space Agency
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MPOScienceFocus
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surface and interior of Mercury
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abbreviation
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European Space Agency
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surface form:
ESA
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abbreviation
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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surface form:
JAXA
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alsoKnownAs
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MMO
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alsoKnownAs
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MOSIF
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alsoKnownAs
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MPO
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alsoKnownAs
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MTM
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designFeature
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dual-orbiter configuration
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destinationOrbit
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Mercury
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surface form:
Mercury orbit
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gravityAssistBody
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Earth
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gravityAssistBody
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Mercury
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gravityAssistBody
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Venus
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instanceOf
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Mercury orbiter mission
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instanceOf
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planetary exploration mission
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instanceOf
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spacecraft
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internationalCollaboration
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BepiColombo mission
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Europe–Japan joint mission
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launchDate
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2018-10-20
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launchMass
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about 4100 kg
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launchSite
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Guiana Space Centre
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launchSite
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Kourou
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launchVehicle
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Ariane 5 ECA
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missionType
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orbiter
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missionType
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planetary science
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namedAfter
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Giuseppe Colombo
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namesakeOccupation
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Italian mathematician
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operator
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European Space Agency
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operator
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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plannedMercuryOrbitInsertion
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2025
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powerSource
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solar electric propulsion
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primaryScienceObjective
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study Mercury’s composition
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primaryScienceObjective
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study Mercury’s exosphere
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primaryScienceObjective
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study Mercury’s interior structure
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primaryScienceObjective
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study Mercury’s magnetic field
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primaryScienceObjective
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study Mercury’s magnetosphere
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scienceField
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heliophysics
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scienceField
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planetary science
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scienceField
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space plasma physics
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spaceAgencyPartner
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European Space Agency
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spaceAgencyPartner
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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spacecraftBusManufacturer
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Airbus
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surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
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spacecraftComponent
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Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter
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spacecraftComponent
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Mercury Planetary Orbiter
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spacecraftComponent
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Mercury Transfer Module
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spacecraftComponent
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Sunshield and Interface Structure
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spaceportCountry
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French Guiana
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target
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Mercury
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trajectoryType
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gravity-assist trajectory
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