Abstract:<p>On June 23<sup>rd</sup> 2022, BepiColombo performed its second gravity assist maneuver (MFB2) at Mercury. Just like the first encounter with Mercury that took place on October 1<sup>st</sup> 2021, the spacecraft approached the planet from dusk-nightside to dawn-dayside down to an extremely close distance (within about 200 km altitude from the planet surface). Even though BepiColombo is in a so-called &#8220;stacked configuration&a… Show more
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