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SpaceX sends off ESA’s Hera planetary defense mission to study NASA’s astroid redirection

Florida’s weather held steady on Monday, October 7, enabling SpaceX to launch the ESA Hera mission to interplanetary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space […]

SpaceX to launch ESA’s Hera to study Didymos asteroid on Monday, weather permitting

On Monday, October 7th, at 7:52 AM – 8:27 AM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, SpaceX plans to launch Hera, for the European Space Agency, on […]

Redwire enabling ESA’s 1st Planetary Defense Mission with onboard computer system

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) is providing a critical onboard computer system for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, Europe’s inaugural flagship planetary defense mission. Hera is the European-led companion […]

ESA: Radar journey to centre of Hera’s asteroid with Juventas CubeSat

A small, shoebox-sized spacecraft delivered to ESA’s Hera mission this week promises to make a giant leap forward in planetary science. Once deployed from the Hera spacecraft at the Didymos […]

Tyvak International’s Milani satellite delivered to ESA for the HERA mission

Tyvak International SRL (“Tyvak International”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terran Orbital has completed the formal delivery of the Hera Milani satellite to the European Space Agency. Hera Milani is a […]

Tyvak International completes the Test Readiness Review of the Milani smallsat

Tyvak International — together with its project partners — have announced the successful achievement of the Test Readiness Review of the Milani spacecraft. A critical component of the Hera planetary […]

Small but mighty companies working on ESA’s planetary defense mission

There are 28 small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on ESA’s Hera planetary defense mission, which involves about 100 companies in total. These SMEs are building European cutting-edge technologies for […]