Where is BepiColombo right now?

Orbital Radar tracks BepiColombo in real time from NASA JPL Horizons ephemeris data, showing its live distance from Earth and the Sun, current speed and one-way signal delay, updated every 60 seconds. Joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury — entering orbit in November 2026 after a long cruise with nine planetary flybys.

How far is BepiColombo from Earth?

BepiColombo's distance from Earth changes constantly as both bodies move through the solar system. The live figure — in kilometres and astronomical units (AU), with the matching light-travel (signal) time — is shown at the top of this page and refreshes automatically.

LIVE — JPL HORIZONS

🌑 BepiColombo

Joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury — entering orbit in November 2026 after a long cruise with nine planetary flybys.

🏢 ESA/JAXA·🎯 Mercury·📅 Launched 2018-10-20·🛸 Cruise

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Europe and Japan at Mercury

BepiColombo is a joint ESA/JAXA mission comprising two orbiters: ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter and JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. Together they will conduct the most comprehensive study of Mercury ever attempted.

Getting There Is the Hard Part

Reaching Mercury requires enormous speed changes. BepiColombo uses nine gravity assists — one at Earth, two at Venus, and six at Mercury itself — combined with ion propulsion to gradually slow down over seven years.