Hera planetary-defence spacecraft
Hera is ESA's autonomous planetary-defence spacecraft for the post-impact survey of the Didymos binary asteroid system and the validation of kinetic-impact deflection as a repeatable technique.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Hera spacecraftHera planetary defender
- Family Name
- Hera
- Full Name
- Hera planetary-defence spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbitertechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Hera is ESA's autonomous planetary-defence spacecraft for the post-impact survey of the Didymos binary asteroid system and the validation of kinetic-impact deflection as a repeatable technique.
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
- Programs
- -
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.esa.int/hera
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 23:16:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:43:55 UTC