BepiColombo's Propulsion Glitch Overcomed
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•Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory
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BepiColombo will get 35 km closer to Mercury than originally planned.
New trajectory allows spacecraft to use lower thrust during the cruise phase of the mission.
Closest approach is scheduled for 23:48 CEST ( 21:48 UTC ) on 4 September .
Mercury is the least explored rocky planet of the Solar System .
BepiColombo 's main science camera is shielded until the ESA and JAXA orbiters separate.
During flybys images are taken by the three monitoring cameras (M-CAMs) on the Mercury Transfer Module.
The first images will be downlinked a few hours after closest approach and are expected to be released on 5 September .
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