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BepiColombo Structural Thermal Model

BepiColombo Structural Thermal Model (full-scale) designed for testing prior to the flight model's 2018 launch to Mercury. BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Solar-electric thruster with pointing mechanism

Solar-electric thruster with pointing mechanism

2015
BepiColombo Structural Thermal Model

BepiColombo Structural Thermal Model

2015
Three samples of the multi-layer insulation blanket from the BepiColombo Structural and Thermal Model spacecraft. This was extra blanket that was not needed during installation and was offered to us.

Multi-layer insulation blanket sample

STM hardware that was used for the structural and thermal qualification tests. It consists of two MPO-MTM legs, one assembled and one separated.

Inter-Module Hardware