Hera — launch
Date in UTC
Hera is a European Space Agency planetary-defense mission launched on October 7, 2024. It was designed to investigate the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system after NASA’s DART spacecraft struck Dimorphos in 2022. Observations by Hera and its accompanying CubeSats are intended to measure the target system and the consequences of the impact, improving understanding of how a kinetic impact can alter an asteroid’s motion.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_(spacecraft). Related NASA reference: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html#2024.
- Category
- Launches and Flight Tests
- Type
- Orbital launch
- Subjects
- Space transportation
- Mission
- Hera
- Organization
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Country
- US
- Outcome
- Successful
Context and qualifications
Launch code: DS. Source references: SpaceX; -.
Sources and attribution
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikipedia — Hera (opens in a new tab) — Factual synthesis based on the cited Wikipedia and NASA pages; original editorial wording. (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Hera (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Hera (opens in a new tab)