Hera signal acquired and all systems nominal.
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Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Asteroid
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Expended, The Falcon 9 booster B1061 is expended during this mission.
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT
A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.
Weather concerns
Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
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- T−00:01:00
Startup
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:14
Max-Q
- T+00:02:41
MECO
- T+00:02:44
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:51
SES-1
- T+00:03:33
Fairing Separation
- T+00:03:33
Fairing Separation
- T+00:07:39
SECO-1
- T+00:07:39
SECO-1
- T+00:52:22
SES-2
- T+00:54:00
SECO-1
- T+01:16:02
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site
DestinationAsteroid
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Coverage & sources
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