Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will measure the size and the morphology of the crater created by and momentum transferred by an artificial projectile impacting an asteroid, which will allow measuring the efficiency of the deflection produced by the impact. It will also analyze the expanding debris cloud caused by the impact. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

Falcon 9 Block 5

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Kartenvorschau: The Space Devs · Interaktive Karte: OpenStreetMap (laedt erst nach Klick)

• 07.10.2024 Hera signal acquired and all systems nominal. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 07.10.2024 Abtrennung des Raumfahrzeugs.
• 07.10.2024 Abheben.
• 07.10.2024 Updated launch weather, 60% GO. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 07.10.2024 Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 07.10.2024 T-0 leicht angepasst.
• 06.10.2024 Weather is 15% favorable for launch. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 02.10.2024 Launch time confirmed per marine navigation warnings. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

Quelle: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)