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NASA
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JAXA
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Detailed explanation-1: -BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO).
Detailed explanation-2: -BepiColombo is a joint European-Japanese mission to Mercury to study the planet’s composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and history. The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) each have an orbiter on the same spacecraft.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mission, called BepiColombo, is made up of two spacecraft. ESA built the main spacecraft, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, and JAXA supplied the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. BepiColombo captured its first views of Mercury during a flyby on Oct. 1, 2021.
Detailed explanation-4: -Japan developed the MMO. This has five science instruments on board designed to examine Mercury’s magnetic field and magnetosphere - the magnetic ‘bubble’ surrounding a planet.