A DATE WORTH KEEPING
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion 2026.
🚀 Space
Something to
look forward to.
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON
Getting closer.
Every second.
Your camera. A live countdown. A video to share.
Your time in UTC · Event zone: UTC
One date. A little anticipation. A lot to look forward to.
THE OCCASION
About BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion 2026
ESA schedules BepiColombo’s capture into Mercury orbit for 21 November 2026. Countdown marks the beginning of that date in UTC, not a confirmed manoeuvre time.
MARK THE DATE
EVENT TIMEZONE
UTC
A LITTLE SOMETHING WHILE YOU WAIT
Two science orbiters together
BepiColombo combines ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and JAXA’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, Mio, to study Mercury.
GET IN THE MOOD