Mercury

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. It is a mottled brown airless, moonless world. It has the 2nd highest Delta-v requirement for a mission after Europa.

Around Mercury
Due to the difficulty of getting into orbit around Mercury, successful missions are seen by the SFS community as great achievements.

The required delta-v can be reduced by multiple Gravity Assists off of Venus and Mercury itself.

If you feel you have gotten the hang of getting to Mercury, you can try building a Space Station or fuel depot to aid future missions.

Mercury’s Surface
Like the Moon or Callisto, Mercury has many craters, but its are shallower and spread further apart.

Landing on Mercury can be difficult not because of the gravity or terrain, but because of the lack of atmosphere to use parachutes and gauge the distance to the ground.

Special Orbits

 * Geosynchronous: 9,107 km.
 * Semi-synchronous: 4,553.5 km

Trivia

 * On the Spaceflight Simulator Forums, Mercury is often referred to as “The Graveyard” due to how difficult it is to orbit and land on.
 * On the Official SFS Discord server, a Mercury landing and return can make you eligible for the “Expert” role.
 * In 1.4, Stef Moroyna (Main game developer) forgot to include Mercury’s texture, so it was completely white in the Physics View until it was re-added in 1.5.