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Hera
ESA spacecraft which will study the effects of the DART Impactor on the asteroid moon Dimorphos. Hera was launched on October 7, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 7, 2024).
COSPAR 2024-180ANORAD 61449European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- HERA
- Common name
- Hera
- International designator
- 2024-180A
- NORAD catalog number
- 61449
- GCAT identifier
- S61449
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Plan
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- OHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)
- Platform (bus)
- HERA
Launch
- Date
- October 7, 2024 · 14:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-180Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 190 km
- Inclination
- 34.20°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 7, 2024
- Last known active
- Oct 7, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 1,081 kg
- Dry mass
- 696 kg
- Length
- 2.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 11.5 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01170
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- October 7, 2024
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · October 10, 2024
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q60965184 (CC0).