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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.
Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload testing of the Sierra Space Dreamchaser CRS SNC-1 mission, the original planned payload.
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1960
Molniya 8K78 | Mars-1a
Mars-1a
Soviet Space Program
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1964
Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B
Beacon Explorer B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
1972
Titan IIID | KH-9 4
KH-9 4
United States Air Force
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
1973
Voskhod | Zenit-4M 56
Zenit-4M 56
Soviet Space Program
41/1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1974
Delta 2914 | Westar 2
Westar 2
United States Air Force
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
1976
Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 68
Zenit-4MK 68
Soviet Space Program
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1978
Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 16
Tselina-D 16
Soviet Space Program
43/4 (43R)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1980
Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 39
Zenit-4MKM 39
Soviet Space Program
41/1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1987
Tsiklon-2 | US-P 27
US-P 27
Soviet Space Program
90
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1991
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 12
Taifun-1B 12
Soviet Space Program
132/1 (132L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1999
Zenit | DirecTV-1R
DirecTV-1R
Sea Launch
Launch Platform Odyssey
Sea Launch
2007
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-11
Soyuz TMA-11
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
2010
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF01
VSS Enterprise GF01
Virgin Galactic
Mojave Air and Space Port
Air launch to Suborbital flight
2022
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 17 (Kosmos 2559)
Glonass-K1 No. 17 (Kosmos 2559)
Russian Space Forces
43/3 (43L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation