Arianespace Flight VA245 – BepiColombo -Launch Campaign

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Channel: Arianespace · 2018 · Science & Technology

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For its seventh launch of the year, Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) to send the BepiColombo spacecraft on its way to the solar system’s smallest and least-explored terrestrial planet: Mercury.

The BepiColombo mission will be carried out jointly by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

After launching the successful Rosetta mission in 2004, Arianespace once again helps unlock mysteries of deep space.

Liftoff is planned on Friday, October 19, 2018 at exactly:
- 09:45:28 p.m. Washington, D.C. time
- 10:45:28 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time
- 01:45:28 Universal Time (UTC) on Saturday, October 20, 2018
- 03:45:28 a.m. Paris time on Saturday, October 20, 2018
- 10:45:28 a.m. Tokyo time on Saturday, October 20, 2018

Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

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