European Space Agency, ESA | ESA's Hera mission launch (Official broadcast) @EuropeanSpaceAgency | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Hera, ESA’s first planetary defence mission, is headed to space.

Hera will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 million known asteroids of our Solar System – the first body to have had its orbit shifted by human action – to probe lingering unknowns related to its deflection.

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Credits: ESA/SpaceX
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Chapters:
00:00 Start of ESA WebTV programme – live from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany
18:30 SpaceX live broadcast begins
36:15 Hera lift-off
1:53:00 - Hera separates from Falcon 9 launcher: End of SpaceX live broadcast, ESA WebTV programme continues
1:57:20 Acquisition of the first signals from the Hera spacecraft
2:13:26 End of ESA WebTV programme

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