Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

Mission Details

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.

Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Asteroid

Launch Site

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA