The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO). The model was transported to JAXA Tsukuba Space Center for the acoustic test. The BepiColombo Mission to planet Mercury is a joint project between the European Space Agency ESA and the Japanese counterpart JAXA, launched in October 2018 and orbiting Mercury from end of 2025 onwards. Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. Research group "Planetary Surfaces": The surfaces of asteroids. In 2011 the spacecraft reached the asteroid Vesta and accompanied it for more than a year. The person who suggests the selected name will recieve a

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