Hera planetary-defence spacecraft system
Hera is the European Space Agency's three-spacecraft planetary-defence system for the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid. The main Hera spacecraft carries the Milani and Juventas CubeSats, which will make complementary mineral, dust, gravity, and subsurface-radar measurements after deployment near the target.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Hera spacecraftHera, Milani and Juventas
- Family Name
- Hera Mission Spacecraft
- Full Name
- Hera planetary-defence spacecraft system
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiter
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Hera is the European Space Agency's three-spacecraft planetary-defence system for the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid. The main Hera spacecraft carries the Milani and Juventas CubeSats, which will make complementary mineral, dust, gravity, and subsurface-radar measurements after deployment near the target.
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- unknown
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera
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- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 08:40:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 08:41:49 UTC
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