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RTN @[email protected] · 2026-09-15 · 10:54 UTC

#UniBE:
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BELA bereit zur Erkundung der Oberfläche des Merkur
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"Die .. BepiColombo-Mission der .. ESA und der .. JAXA .. ist nach fast acht Jahren im All in ihre letzte Phase eingetreten. .. Das Laser Altimeter BELA wurde zum ersten Mal im Weltraum erfolgreich aktiviert. ..wurde unter der Leitung der Universität Bern konzipiert und gebaut."

https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmitteilungen/2026/medienmitteilungen_2026/bela_erkundung_merkur/index_ger.html

15.9.2026

#BELA #BepiColombo #Bern #DLR #ESA #JAXA #IAA #Laser #LaserAltimeter #Merkur #MPO #MPS #Raumfahrt #Schweiz #SpaceFlight

#unibe #bela #bepicolombo #bern #dlr #esa

Daniel Fischer @[email protected] · 2026-09-14 · 22:58 UTC

Planetary shielding and surface precipitation of solar energetic particles during BepiColombo’s close Mercury flyby: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02914-6 -> #BepiColombo measured Mercury's particle bombardment up close: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/mathematics-and-science/bepicolombo-measured-mercurys-particle-bombardment-close - the results help assess the impact of space storms on Mercury's surface and on Earth's atmosphere.

#bepicolombo

Where are we now? @[email protected] · 2026-09-14 · 13:09 UTC

2026-09-14 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-09-07)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 40.84 km/s (-2.90 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 67 days

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 1,502,886.07 km (-894,965.08 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.01 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 0 min 5.01 s (-2.99 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 200,552,412.18 km (-5,415,759.15 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.34 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 11 min 8.97 s (-18.07 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

#bepicolombo #mercury

Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-09-14 · 02:05 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/687409/ Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected, study reveals #(planet) #BepiColombo #Éire #GakuNishiyama #IE #Ireland #LastWeek #loss #Map #Mercury #mile #nasa #researcher #RoughSurface #Science #scientist #shrinkage #Study #Team

#team #study #shrinkage #scientist #science #roughsurface

Hashtag Lists @[email protected] · 2023-05-22 · 16:19 UTC

CW: Long List of Space-related Hashtags & Handles

Space

Physical Sciences
#Astronomy #AstroPhysics #Cosmology

General
#AsteroidMining #Asteroids #AsteroidThreat #Astrodon #Astronomers #AstronomyMastodon #AstroPhotography #AstroTuesday #BlackHole #BlackHoles #CelestialBodyLanding #ClearSkies #Comet #Comets #DarkEnergy #DarkMatter #DeepSky #DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications) #Exoplanets #Galaxy #Galaxies #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #HallEffectThruster #HumanSpaceflight #HumanSpaceflightBasics #HumanSpaceflightHealth #HumanSpaceflightSecurity #ISRU (in situ resource utilization) #LaunchCost #Lunar3dPrinting #MoonMining #NightSky #Observatory #Planetarium #PlanetsryScience #PrivateSpaceflight #Pulsars #Quasars #ReusableLaunchVehicle #RocketEngine #RocketScience #SatelliteImprovement #SatelliteInternetAccess #Satellites #SBSP (Space-based Solar Power) #SmallSat #SolarPhysics #Space #SpaceAgency #SpaceCommunication #SpaceCompany #SpaceCraft #SpaceColonization #SpacecraftComparison #SpacecraftPropulsion #SpaceDebris #Spacedon #SpaceEnergy #SpaceEvent #SpaceExploration #SpaceFood #SpaceForce #SpaceHabitat #SpaceHistory #SpaceHotel #SpaceIndustry #SpaceInfrastructure #SpaceLogistics #SpaceMaintenance #SpaceMastodon #SpaceMining #SpaceNavigation #SpacePhotography #SpacePlants #SpacePolitics #SpacePort #SpaceRegulation #SpaceRobot #SpaceScience #SpaceSciFi #SpaceShip #SpaceScience #SpaceStation #SpaceSuit #SpaceTelescope #SpaceTourism #SpaceWelding #SpaceX #StarGazing @starrytimepod #TimeToOrbit #Universe

Organisations
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) 🇨🇦
#EuropeanSpaceAgency (#ESA) 🇪🇺
European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) 🇪🇺
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (#JAXA) 🇯🇵
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (#JPL) 🇺🇸
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (#NASA) 🇺🇸
Space Telescope Science Institute (STSciI) 🇪🇺

Missions
#Artemis (#NASAArtemis) #BepiColombo #Cassini COBE #Euclid #EuclidMission #EuropaClipper #Hayabusa2 #InternationalSpaceStation (#ISS) JupiterIcyMoonExplorer (#Juice) #JuiceMission #Juno #Gaia #MMX #Magellan #Voyager1 #Voyager2

Space Telescopes
#SpaceTelescope #Telescope

#ChandraXRay (#Chandra) #ESAEuclid #EventHorizonTelescope #Hubble #HubbleSpaceTelescope (#HST) #IXPE #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST (#Webb) #Kepler #MIRI #NIRcam #NIRISS #NIRSpec #Spitzer

Earth Observatories
#Arecibo 🇵🇷 #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray (#ALMA) 🇨🇱 #CerroTololo 🇨🇱 #EuropeanSouthernObservatory (#ESO) 🇩🇪 #Haleakala 🇺🇸 #Herschel (#WHT) 🇮🇨 #Keck 🇺🇸 #KittPeak 🇺🇸 #LIGO 🇺🇸 #MaunaKea 🇺🇸 #Paranal 🇨🇱 #Parkes 🇦🇺 #RoqueDeLosMuchachos 🇪🇸 #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory (#SKAO) 🇦🇺 #VeryLargeTelescope (#VLT) 🇨🇱

Mastodon Observatories
Abbey Ridge Observatory 🇨🇦 @abbeyridgeobs
Burke-Gaffney Observatory 🇨🇦 @BGO
Hamburg Observatory 🇩🇪 @HambObs
Las Cumbres Observatory 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🇮🇨 🇨🇱 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇨🇳 @lco
Mount Burnett Observatory 🇦🇺 @mbo
Rubin Observatory 🇨🇱 @VRubinObs
Stella-Luna Observatory 🇺🇸 @StellaLunaObs
Westport Observatory 🇺🇸 @WestportObservatory