Johannes Benkhoff1 October 2021
BepiColombo completes its first Mercury flyby, beginning a sequence of six Mercury gravity assists before orbital arrival.
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BepiColombo completes its first Mercury flyby, beginning a sequence of six Mercury gravity assists before orbital arrival.
BepiColombo completes its second Mercury flyby as the mission continues refining its trajectory for eventual orbit insertion.
BepiColombo completes its third Mercury gravity-assist encounter and continues toward its planned orbital mission.
BepiColombo completes its fourth Mercury flyby, continuing the sequence required to slow the spacecraft for orbital capture.
BepiColombo completes its fifth Mercury flyby and passes the planet at a substantially higher altitude than earlier encounters.
BepiColombo completes its sixth and final planned Mercury gravity-assist flyby before the orbital phase.
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