Hera
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
14:52:11
Monday October 7, 2024
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Launch Notes
While an investigation into an off-nominal stage 2 deorbit burn on the Crew-9 mission remained open, Falcon 9 was granted clearance to launch Hera due to the absence of a stage 2 re-entry in this mission profile.
Hera
Hera is a space mission of the European Space Agency whose objective is to validate the kinetic impact method to deflect a possible asteroid circulating on a collision course with the Earth. The satellite will study the results obtained by the DART impactor developed by NASA which successfully crashed into the Dimorphos asteroid in September 2022.
Heliocentric Orbit
1 Payload
1,081 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
Launch Site
NE
SE
Launching
East
Stats
Falcon 9
380th
Mission
94th
Mission of 2024
SpaceX
399th
Mission
97th
Mission of 2024
2024
183rd
Orbital launch attempt