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BepiColombo's laser altimeter payload
Designed and built by a Swiss-German-Spanish collaboration, the 'BELA' instrument will use a pulsed Nd:YAG laser to map the surface of Mercury in unprecedented detail. It is due to arrive at the planet in late 2025. Photo: University of Bern.
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