Over seven years, the BepiColombo mission will make one flyby of Earth, two of Venus, and six of Mercury

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