BepiColombo will travel
a distance of 9bn km
Venus
1st flyby
October 2020
Launch
October 2018
Earth flyby
April 2020
2nd flyby
August 2021
1st flyby
October 2021
Mercury
4th flyby
September 2024
3rd flyby
June 2023
2nd flyby
June 2022
When the spacecraft reaches Mercury it will split into two science orbiters
Magnetospheric orbiter
Mercury
5th flyby
December 2024
6th flyby
January 2025
Planetary orbiter
Mercury
arrival
December 2025
Mission objectives include the study of Mercury’s interior structure and magnetosphere
BepiColombo will travel
a distance of 9bn km
Venus
Launch
October 2018
Earth flyby
April 2020
1st flyby
October 2020
2nd flyby
August 2021
1st flyby
October 2021
Mercury
2nd flyby
June 2022
4th flyby
September 2024
3rd flyby
June 2023
When the spacecraft reaches Mercury it will split into two science orbiters
Magnetospheric orbiter
Mercury
5th flyby
December 2024
6th flyby
January 2025
Planetary
orbiter
Mercury arrival
December 2025
Mission objectives include the study of Mercury’s interior structure and magnetosphere
BepiColombo will travel
a distance of 9bn km
Venus
Mercury
Launch
October 2018
Earth flyby
April 2020
1st flyby
October 2020
2nd flyby
August 2021
1st flyby
October 2021
2nd flyby
June 2022
When the spacecraft reaches
Mercury it will split into two
science orbiters
Planetary
orbiter
Magnetospheric
orbiter
Mercury
Mercury
arrival
December
2025
6th flyby
January 2025
5th flyby
December
2024
4th flyby
September
2024
3rd flyby
June 2023
Mission objectives
include the study of
Mercury’s interior
structure and
magnetosphere