Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

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.

Robotic Exploration · Asteroid (Asteroid)

• B1061 · flight 23 · expendable · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) · zone record 38/42

• SpaceX Hera — The Space Devs
• ESA's Hera mission launch (Official broadcast) — European Space Agency, ESA
• Hera Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MProp Load
4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
5. T−7MEngine Chill
6. T−1MTank Press
7. T−1MStartup
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M14SMax-Q
12. T+2M41SMECO
13. T+2M44SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M51SSES-1
15. T+3M33SFairing Separation
16. T+3M33SFairing Separation
17. T+7M39SSECO-1
18. T+7M39SSECO-1
19. T+52M22SSES-2
20. T+54MSECO-1
21. T+1H16M2SPayload Separation

• Hera signal acquired and all systems nominal.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2024 · source

• Spacecraft separation.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2024 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2024 · source

• Updated launch weather, 60% GO.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2024 · source

• Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started

  LL2 · 10/7/2024 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2024 · source

• Weather is 15% favorable for launch.

  Nosu · 10/6/2024 · source

• Launch time confirmed per marine navigation warnings.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/2/2024 · source

• Added launch time.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/1/2024 · source

• NET October 7.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2024 · source