https://spacewatch.global/tag/johannes-benkhoff/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:00:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/johannes-benkhoff/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/bepicolombo-mission-modifies-trajectory-after-thruster-issue/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56825 The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will continue with a new trajectory that will take it just 165 km from Mercury’s surface, around 35 km closer to Mercury than originally planned. This comes after the mission developed thruster issues that prevented the mission spacecraft from operating at full power. The BepiColombo mission, which launched in 2018, began experiencing an issue that prevented the mission's Mercury Transfer Module (MTM)’s electric thrusters from operating at full power]]>