Hera Planetary Defence Spacecraft
ESA’s Hera is an asteroid-orbiter spacecraft launched on 7 October 2024 to investigate the Didymos binary system and support planetary-defence knowledge after NASA’s DART impact.
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Identity
- Family Name
- Hera
- Full Name
- Hera Planetary Defence Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- ESA’s Hera is an asteroid-orbiter spacecraft launched on 7 October 2024 to investigate the Didymos binary system and support planetary-defence knowledge after NASA’s DART impact.
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 19:44:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 16:28:16 UTC