Published September 13, 2021 | Version v1
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The ESA Hera mission to the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos: Planetary Defense and Science

Michel, Patrick
Kueppers, Michael
Fitzsimmons, Alan
Green, Simon
Lazzarin, Monica
Ulamec, Stephan
Carnelli, Ian
Martino, Paolo
Other:
Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Description

The Hera mission is in development for launch in 2024 within the ESA Space Safety Program. Hera will contribute to the first deflection test of an asteroid, in the framework of the international NASA-and ESA-supported Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration. Hera will also offer a great science return.

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December 4, 2022
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December 1, 2023