Here are some graphs and data related to the BepiColombo mission.
Index
- MPO position and speed (2024-03-31)
Cruise
- Animations (2024-03-31)
- Apsides and nodes (2024-03-25)
- Orbital elements (2024-04-06)
- Flybys (2024-03-25)
Mercury operations
- S/C position and speed (2024-03-25)
- Apsides and nodes (2024-03-25)
- MPO Orbital elements (2024-03-31)
- MMO Orbital elements (2024-03-31)
- Orbits (2024-03-31)
Unless otherwise stated, the following applies.
Data file: graphs and comments are based on the ESA SPICE Service, BepiColombo Operational SPICE Kernel Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-dwuc9bs as delivered by the Flight Dynamics team.
| Used data files |
Delivery date |
| bc_mpo_flp_20251130_20280321_v01.bsp | March 11, 2024 |
| bc_mmo_mlt_50038_20251220_20280305_v05.bsp | February 01, 2017 |
| bc_mpo_fcp_00163_20181020_20260327_v02.bsp | March 20, 2024 |
| de440.bsp (JPL/NAIF) | June 25, 2020 |
Reference frames: the following reference frames are used:
- NAIF ID: J2000, Earth mean equator and mean equinox of J2000 (see Frames Supported in SPICE).
- NAIF ID: ECLIPJ2000, mean ecliptic and mean equinox of J2000 (see Frames Supported in SPICE).
- NAIF ID: IAU_MERCURY, Mercury body-fixed rotating frame. This frame is fixed to and do not move with respect to surface features of Mercury
(see “Built in” PCK-Based IAU Body-Fixed Reference Frames).
- NAIF ID: BC_MME_IAU2009_J2000, mean Mercury equator and IAU vector of J2000 inertial frame (see bc_sci_v12.tf). The IAU-vector at Mercury is the point on the mean equator of Mercury where the equator ascends through the Earth mean equator of J2000.
- NAIF ID: BC_MSM, Mercury-centric Solar Magnetospheric (see bc_sci_v12.tf).
Compact notation: the distance shown in some popup label (that appears when you hover the mouse over a point) uses the notation with "k" and "M", which means thousands and millions of kilometers. For example "11.24M km" means 11.24 million kilometers.
Coordinates: the coordinates are geometric (no corrections for aberration, light-time, etc.).
Radius of the planets: Mercury and Venus are modeled as spheres with a radius of 2439.7 km and 6051.8 km respectively. The Earth is modeled as an ellipsoid with equatorial radius of 6378.1366 km and polar radius of 6356.7519 km.
Interactive graphs: all the graphs are rendered with plotly.js, an open-source JavaScript graphing library to generate dynamic and interactive graphs. The pages could take a few seconds to load.
Earth Observation Portal link: BepiColombo Mission.