LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon Oct 07 2024

SpaceX

Hera

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(2:52 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(2:52 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(2:52 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Falcon 9 Block 5

Description:

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Robotic Exploration
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40