BepiColombo in low Earth orbit

Artist’s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft attached to the upper stage and payload launch adapter (left) following launch. In this view, the Mercury Transfer Module is at the left, on top of the launch adapter, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter is in the middle, and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter is inside the sunshield visible at far right. The solar wings of the spacecraft open at a later stage.

BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.