Mercury operations

Orbits


The graph shows the s/c orbits during the transition from the orbit insertion to the science phase.

Select the s/c:

Reference frame:
The blue lines represent the prime meridian of Mercury (zero longitude), while the red line represents the spin axis.

The popup label that appears when you hover the mouse over a point shows the UTC time, the altitude of the spacecraft (h) and its speed relative to Mercury (v) in the chosen reference frame.