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Here's an image taken 5.5 hours before closest approach, when #bepicolombo was 44950 km from Mercury's southern hemisphere. The planet is at the bottom of the picture, below two of the spacecraft's booms.
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#OTD 20 October 2018, launch of #ESA/@JAXA_en @BepiColombo on #Ariane5 #VA245 from @EuropeSpacePort in Kourou on its 7 year journey to #Mercury
@esascience @ESA_Bepi @CNES @Arianespace
🔗esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
ALT The launch of Ariane 5 flight v245 into the night sky, carrying the Bepi Colombo spacecraft.
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As we cruise closer to our 3rd #MercuryFlyby tomorrow, here's a beautiful reminder of how our last flyby looked, almost one year ago!
📹youtube.com/watch?v=qiNS1gG4… #ExploreFarther
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One day to #MercuryFlyby! I wonder what we'll see this time @JAXA_MMO @ESA_MTM ? In the meantime, here’s a recap (and photo!) of our very first taste of #Mercury science from last year 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/… #ExploreFarther
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First glimpse at our #MercuryFlyby data! #Bepicolombo has sampled the magnetic and particle environment over the little explored southern hemisphere during the close flyby earlier this month 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
#ExploreFarther
youtube.com/watch?v=-8EXtQKn…
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My team seem happy with how our #BepiColomboVenusFlyby went so far! 😃 Here's our report 👉esa.int/Science_Exploration/… but don't go anywhere, because I'm still sending a load of @ESA_MTM's photos back to Earth to share with you! #StayTuned!
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Want to imagine what it's like flying past #Venus with me? Take a look at THIS animation via @esaoperations👇 #BepiColomboVenusFlyby teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1YpJkNZZm…
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金星最接近まで、あと1時間を切ったよ！
いよいよだね！ワクワクするな！
わたしは準備オッケーだよ！
みんなも大丈夫？
Let's go, @ESA_Bepi & @ESA_MTM !!
#BepiColomboVenusFlyby
#みお #金星スイングバイ
#第4の金星観測隊員
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Happy Birthday to my big brother, the awesome @HUBBLE_space Telescope. Did you know that he never looked at Mercury? Try and guess why! Big hug from me, @ESA_MTM and @JAXA_MMO !
Bake or craft a birthday cake for Hubble and share it with us with the message "Happy Birthday Hubble from <your country or city>!”. Use #Hubble30BDayCake #Hubble30 and @Hubble_space on your photos or videos. socsi.in/70veP
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Dear Earthlings, as you can see I've been studying some of your languages to greet as many of you as I could... I did not manage to learn all of them, but feel free to reply in your favourite one, I can always learn some more... the way to Mercury is long! #BepiColomboEarthFlyby
This is not a goodbye... This is just 'Farewell, Earth. Take care!' I love you, so does @ESA_MTM . Don't forget about us after the #BepiColomboEarthFlyby We'll be thinking about you always and hope that you #staysafe! Gosh, I'm crying again. I feel silly.
esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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This is not a goodbye... This is just 'Farewell, Earth. Take care!' I love you, so does @ESA_MTM . Don't forget about us after the #BepiColomboEarthFlyby We'll be thinking about you always and hope that you #staysafe! Gosh, I'm crying again. I feel silly.
esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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#BepiColombo should now have fallen into Earth's shadow
Sunlight will no longer be reaching the spacecraft's solar panels for the first time since launch in Oct 2018. The spacecraft will now be running on battery power🔋
#EclipseBegins
#BepiColomboEarthFlyby
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Posting the monitoring cam images is a low-pri activity for the flight controllers & they are rather more busy than expected getting @BepiColombo configured after launch - which is routine for any newly launched & complex machine #BepiColombo
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Those low-res monitoring cam images showing deployment of @BepiColombo antennas & solar arrays? fal.cn/SARR Will be delayed for a while while the flight controllers spend extra time on post-launch configuring of the spacecraft. Will tweet when we get a new schedule
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Thanks for watching our launch into #space today! 🚀😄 Right now I’m getting used to my star-trackers 🔍✨ Later on today I’ll deploy my medium-gain antenna 📢 & @ESA_MTM hopes to test out the selfie-cams🛰🤳 #StayTuned #BepiColombo youtube.com/watch?v=d6Aj6Ht8…
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We know from telemetry that the #BepiColombo solar arrays have been deployed, but stay tuned for a #SpaceSelfie later today by @ESA_MTM 📷
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NOW! (And slightly earlier than advertised) Join us for #live coverage of the #BepiColombo launch, from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff with an #Ariane5 rocket is set for 01:45 GMT (03:45 CEST).
📺 livestream.com/ESA/BepiColom…
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Have you ever found yourself in such a surreal situation that you can hardly believe it’s real? I’m currently waiting to be shot into #space by one of humankind's biggest rockets, the mighty #Ariane5. Perfectly normal day, right? #BepiColombo youtube.com/watch?v=MKEcanjC…
