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The BepiColombo mission to Mercury
BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and JAXA, to perform a comprehensive exploration of Mercury. Launched in October 2018, the spacecraft is now en route to Mercury and is scheduled to begin orbiting in 2025. Two orbiters have been sent to Mercury and will be put into dedicated, polar orbits around the planet to study the planet and its environment. The scientific objectives focus on a global characterization of Mercury through the investigation of its interior, surface, exosphere, and magnetosphere. In addition, instrumentation onboard BepiColombo will be used to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Editors
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Johannes Benkhoff
ESA BepiColombo Project Scientist
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Go Murakami
JAXA BepiColombo Project Scientist
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Ayako Matsuoka
Journal Editor
Articles (28 in this collection)
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Pre-flight Calibration and Near-Earth Commissioning Results of the Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment (MPPE) Onboard MMO (Mio)
Authors (first, second and last of 76)
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The Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (MGNS) Onboard the Mercury Planetary Orbiter of the BepiColombo Mission: Design Updates and First Measurements in Space
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
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The BepiColombo Planetary Magnetometer MPO-MAG: What Can We Learn from the Hermean Magnetic Field?
Authors (first, second and last of 32)
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Geodesy, Geophysics and Fundamental Physics Investigations of the BepiColombo Mission
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
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Correction to: SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo
Authors (first, second and last of 121)
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BepiColombo Science Investigations During Cruise and Flybys at the Earth, Venus and Mercury
Authors (first, second and last of 62)
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Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation
Authors (first, second and last of 40)
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SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo
Authors (first, second and last of 121)
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ISA, a High Sensitivity Accelerometer in the Interplanetary Space
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
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Mercury Dust Monitor (MDM) Onboard the Mio Orbiter of the BepiColombo Mission
Authors (first, second and last of 20)
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The MEFISTO and WPT Electric Field Sensors of the Plasma Wave Investigation on the BepiColombo Mio Spacecraft
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
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The BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer: Science Goals, Instrument Performance and Operations
Authors (first, second and last of 71)
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Mio—First Comprehensive Exploration of Mercury’s Space Environment: Mission Overview
Authors (first, second and last of 20)
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Measurements of Magnetic Field Fluctuations for Plasma Wave Investigation by the Search Coil Magnetometers (SCM) Onboard Bepicolombo Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter)
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
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Studying the Composition and Mineralogy of the Hermean Surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo Mission: An Update
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
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Solar Intensity X-Ray and Particle Spectrometer SIXS: Instrument Design and First Results
Authors (first, second and last of 28)
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Investigating Mercury’s Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission
Authors (first, second and last of 79)
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SIMBIO-SYS: Scientific Cameras and Spectrometer for the BepiColombo Mission
Authors (first, second and last of 96)
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Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) Aboard BepiColombo Mio on the Trip to the First Measurement of Electric Fields, Electromagnetic Waves, and Radio Waves Around Mercury
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
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PHEBUS on Bepi-Colombo: Post-launch Update and Instrument Performance
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
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Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury’s Surface and Composition
Authors (first, second and last of 66)
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Mission Data Processor Aboard the BepiColombo Mio Spacecraft: Design and Scientific Operation Concept
Authors (first, second and last of 28)
