BepiColombo

European Space Agency

@BepiColombo

Europe's mission to Mercury, in cooperation with Japan. Arriving 2026 at the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.

Mercury... Bring sunscreen! esa.int/BepiColombo Joined October 2012

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BepiColombo @BepiColombo 1d

Our MPO @ESA_Bepi & Mio @JAXA_MMO spacecraft, still attached to each other, swept within ~88 000 km of the planet on 26 October, then moved further away. Today at ~222 000km, it turns back, heading for 21 November orbit insertion.
It's downhill to Mercury all the way from today!

BepiColombo @BepiColombo Oct 20

Today's our launch anniversary - 8 years since @ESA_Bepi and @JAXA_MMO roared into space together!
Listen to some of our team members summarize our mission in 3 words... #bepicolombo

ESA Science Verified account @esascience Oct 20

@BepiColombo And as today we're celebrating eight years since @BepiColombo left for Mercury, we've asked the team to describe the mission in three words.

Can you guess which word came up the most?
youtube.com/watch?v=iy5dI1…
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BepiColombo @BepiColombo Oct 7

Latest updates on our mission are available at the page below. The latest entry summarises how several instruments on the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, @ESA_Bepi , gathered their first data after the separation of the Mercury Transfer Module. #BepiColombo
esa.int/Science_Explor…

BepiColombo @BepiColombo Oct 6

The SIMBIO-SYS science camera on our Mercury Planetary Orbiter has successfully gathered its "first light" data, following the separation of the Mercury Transfer Module. This powerful instrument will map Mercury in great detail. #BepiColombo
Details at asi.it/en/2026/10/bep…

www.asi.it BEPICOLOMBO, FIRST LIGHT FOR SIMBIO-SYS On 15 September, SIMBIO-SYS, the instrument designed to image and study f Mercury’s surface and developed with a major Italian contribution through the

BepiColombo @BepiColombo Sep 25

We've completed a planned tweak to our path towards Mercury, the first one since detaching from @ESA_MTM ... #BepiColombo

ESA Operations Verified account @esaoperations Sep 25

A small push for @esa & @JAXA_en #BepiColombo, a giant leap towards #Mercury! 🛰️➡️🌑

Without MTM, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter is preparing for orbit insertion.

Yesterday's successful thruster burn tested the propulsion system & delivered a planned 11.4 m/s trajectory correction ✅

@esascience @BepiColombo @ISAS_JAXA_EN

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