BepiColombo in 3D: live position and trajectory

Launched in 2018, on its way to Mercury through a long series of planetary flybys.

The real position of BepiColombo is shown, from the trajectory computed by NASA JPL Horizons. The view opens on BepiColombo; you can travel in time, follow its route and compare it with the planets.

Launch date

October 20, 2018¹

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5¹

Launch site

Kourou, French Guiana¹

Trajectory: JPL Horizons, precomputed from October 22, 2018 to April 9, 2027.

Instruments

Mercury Planetary Orbiter

• BELA
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.bela
• BERM
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.berm
• ISA
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.isa
• MERTIS
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.mertis
• MGNS
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.mgns
• MIXS
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.mixs
• MORE
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.more
• MPO-MAG
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.mag
• PHEBUS
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.phebus
• SERENA
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.serena
• SIMBIO-SYS
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.simbio-sys
• SIXS
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mpo.sixs

Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter

(no instrument declared)

Mercury Transfer Module

• MCAM
  urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:mtm.mcam

Investigations it appears in

• BepiColombo

What the PDS archive declares this spacecraft carries, read on September 30, 2026. Each name is the one the archive publishes, and the identifier below it is its citation.

Sources

1. NASA NSSDCA, Master Catalog. read 2026-09-20. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/