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BepiColombo Science Working Team (SWT) Meeting
The 5th BepiColombo SWT will be held from 16 (Tue) to 18 (Thu) in September 2008 in Sendai, Japan.

BASIC INFORMATION
Dates
From September 16 Tue (starting at 9:00) to 18 Thu (closing at 12:30)
(Excursion and party in 17 Wed afternoon)

Location
Sensai Fukko Kinenkan (War Reconstruction Memorial Hall), Sendai, JAPAN
25 minutes walk from JR Sendai Station.
Taxi and bus are available from JR Sendai Station.

LOC
BepiColombo 5th SWT will be held by courtesy of BepiColombo members in Tohoku University

 Tohoku U
IMPORTANT DATES
August 31 Registration deadline
August 31 Housing request deadline
September 11, 12 BepiColombo MMO SWG (ISAS, Sagamihara)

MEETING INFORMATION
Schedule and Agenda
From September 16 Tue (starting at 9:00) to 18 Thu (closing at 12:30)
(Excursion and party in 17 Wed evening)
Location
Sensai Fukko Kinenkan (War Reconstruction Memorial Hall)

Registration (deadline : August 31)
See Logistics Guide

Excursion (17 Wed afternoon)
See Travel/logistics information

TRAVEL/LOGISTICS INFORMATION
Logistics Guide (v1.0, July 15)
     Registration  *   Meeting place  *   Accomodation  *   Transportation  *   Contacts

Tourism pages
     Hotel Booking  *   Access to Sendai  *   Excursion

GENERAL INFORMATION
Sendai City Information
Sendai Travel Information
Sendai City Map
Information About Sendai City Buses

East Japan Railway (JR-EAST)

BepiColombo, a cooperative mission by
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) / Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and European Space Agency (ESA), will explore Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. ISAS/JAXA is building one of the main spacecraft, the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and ESA will contribute the other, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO).

JAXA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
MMO
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
ESA
European Space Agency (ESA)
BepiColombo
BepiColombo Project (ESA)