MMO-SWG #3[Mar ] BepiColombo Project & MMO Science Schedule H. Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, M. Kato, T Mukai, and JAXA BepiColombo Project

MMO-SWG #3[Mar ] Mission Scenario MPO Soyuz Fregat 2B: MPO+MMO Red: Blue: Red: Blue: Launch: 2013 (TBC)Arrival: 6 years later (TBC) 9.3h 400km x 12,000km 2.3h 400km x 1500km Observation: 1 Earth year Venus swing-by x 2 Mercury swing-by x 2 Interplanetary Cruising Electric Propulsion [SEPM] Mercury Orbit Insertion Chemical Propulsion [CPM]

MMO-SWG #3[Mar ] Implementation phase [old Ph-B/C/D] Payload Selection Definition phase [old Ph-A/B] Launch B PM (Ph.B) ESA JAXA both ESA JAXA both Technical study Pre- PM1 MMO&MCS STM test JAXA (ISAS) ESA (Calendar year) BepiColombo MMO Schedule (Jan. 2006) PDR E Integrated Test & AIV FM(Ph.C/D) Pre-PM2 PRR B PRR=Preliminary requirements Rev. PDR=Preliminary Definition Rev. CDR=Critical Design Rev. QR=Qualification Rev. MMO-FM at ESTEC (by ESA plan) MMO-STM at ESTEC (by ESA plan) ITT MMO-STM M MMO-EM B MMO-FM B CDR E MIC/EIC B- 6B Sub-Env test B-9E QR E AIV B E E STM test Component Dummy Mercury orbit ~ 2years Now!! RFP AO

MMO-SWG #3[Mar ] January 10 MMO Design Meeting #3(ISAS) Mar 8-9MPO-SWG #3[from Japan: Kato, Hayakawa, Sasaki](ESTEC) Mar 22MMO-SWG #3(Kyoto Univ.) Apr 2-7European Geosciences Union (Vienna) PS2: Mars, Moon, Venus and Mercury Mercury Session : assigned on Apr. 7 (afternoon) May 9-11 ESA-JAXA I/F meeting #15 (ISAS) May Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006 (Makuhari) May or June MMO Design Meeting #4 & MMO-SWG #4(ISAS) June 4-11International Sympo. on Space Technology and Science (Kanazawa ） TBDISSI Workshop on Mercury (Switzerland) July Asia Oceania Geoscience Society (Singapore) July COSPAR (Beijing) July Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (Beijing) Sep 26-28Bepi-SWT #3(Padova, Italy) Oct 2-5 ESA-JAXA I/F meeting #16ESTEC/ESOC Nov ESA-JAXA I/F meeting #17 [Kick Off meeting]ESA's Prime Nov 29-30(TBC)MPO-SWG #4(ESTEC) DecMMO Design Meeting #5 & MMO-SWG #5(ISAS) Dec ESA-JAXA I/F meeting #18(ISAS) Science Meetings in 2006