BepiColombo, the First Mercury Mission in 14 Years, Launches Tonight - Watch Live!

BepiColombo, the First Mercury Mission in 14 Years, Launches Tonight - Watch Live!

BepiColombo, the First Mercury Mission in 14 Years, Launches Tonight - Watch Live!





BepiColombo, the First Mercury Mission in 14 Years, Launches Tonight - Watch Live!


It's been more than 14 years since a spacecraft launched into Mercury, so do not miss the opportunity to see a rocket doing just that.



	BepiColombo, a European-Japanese project that will be only the third mission to study the innermost planet of the solar system, is launched tonight (October 19) from Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket. The takeoff is scheduled for 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 GMT, October 20), and you can Watch the live launch on Space.com, courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA).

		The broadcast will begin at 9:15 p.m. EDT (0115 GMT, October 20), with half an hour of comments prior to the launch. The payload of BepiColombo will be displayed around 26 minutes in flight and will signal control of the mission about 15 minutes after that. The transmission is scheduled to end at 10:30 p.m. EDT (0230 GMT, October 20).





						


The engineers closed the fairing on BepiColombo in preparation for the launch of the mission on October 19 (October 20, GMT).

            						    Credit: Manuel Pedoussaut / ESA 


		The launch was approved. on Wednesday (October 17) after a final revision of the spacecraft and the rocket, which was launched in preparation for its launch yesterday.

		If the launch can not continue at the scheduled time, the takeoff will be delayed 24 hours. When ESA and the Japanese space agency, JAXA, announced their launch plans for this fall, they indicated that the launch window for this mission would last until November 29.





						


An artistic illustration of the two spaceships BepiColombo in Mercury. The mission will send orbiters from Europe and Japan to the innermost planet.

            						    Credit: Spacecraft: ESA / ATG medialab; Mercury: NASA / JPL 


		Once BepiColombo takes off, the seven-year trip to Mercury will begin. The trip takes a long time because the spacecraft has to fight against the gravitational force of the sun. In December 2025, two paired spacecraft will separate and orbit Mercury independently.

		The mission, which Spaceflight Now has reported costs a total of almost $ 2 billion, will last for one year, with a possible extension of one year. During that time, the two ships will investigate a range of questions about mercury. The activities will include measuring the interior structure of the planet, studying the characteristics of the surface and observing how the magnetic field of the planet interacts with the flow of charged particles that constantly flow from the sun.



	Email Meghan Bartels in mbartels@space.com or follow it @meghanbartels. Follow us @Spacedotcom Y Facebook. Original article about Space.com.

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