Sunshield and Interface Structure

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The Sunshield and Interface Structure is a protective module on the BepiColombo mission that shields the Mercury Planetary Orbiter from intense solar radiation and provides the mechanical and thermal interface between spacecraft elements during cruise to Mercury.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sunshield and Interface Structure canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf spacecraft module ⓘ
thermal protection system ⓘ
associatedWith Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ
Mercury Transfer Module ⓘ
belongsToAgency ESA ⓘ
designedFor high solar flux near Mercury ⓘ
inner Solar System environment ⓘ
destinationBody Mercury ⓘ
environment high solar radiation ⓘ
space vacuum ⓘ
function ensure thermal control of Mercury Planetary Orbiter during cruise ⓘ
shield Mercury Planetary Orbiter from intense solar radiation ⓘ
launchDateOfMission 2018-10-20 ⓘ
launchVehicle Ariane 5 ⓘ
locationDuringCruise between Sun and Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ
mechanicalRole provide structural support during cruise ⓘ
mission BepiColombo ⓘ
linked to: BepiColombo mission
missionTarget Mercury ⓘ
missionType planetary exploration ⓘ
operator European Space Agency ⓘ
partOf BepiColombo ⓘ
linked to: BepiColombo mission

BepiColombo cruise configuration ⓘ
linked to: BepiColombo mission
phaseUsed cruise to Mercury ⓘ
protects Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ
provides mechanical interface between spacecraft elements ⓘ
thermal interface between spacecraft elements ⓘ
purpose maintain structural integrity of stacked spacecraft elements ⓘ
protect spacecraft instruments from overheating ⓘ
relatedMissionElement Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter ⓘ
spacecraftElement interface structure ⓘ
protective module ⓘ
status operational during BepiColombo cruise phase ⓘ
thermalRole limit temperature of Mercury Planetary Orbiter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BepiColombo → spacecraftComponent → Sunshield and Interface Structure ⓘ
subject linked to: BepiColombo mission
Mio → coLaunchedWith → Sunshield and Interface Structure ⓘ