2026-03-19 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-12)

WHERE IS HERA?
- Barycentric speed: 16.47 km/s (+0.17 km/s)
- Rendezvous with Didymos: November 2026

🪨 Relative to Didymos
- Distance (km): 8,758,147.57 km (-514,603.31 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.06 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 0 min 29.21 s (-1.72 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 279,255,479.18 km (-15,970,392.60 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.87 (-0.11)
- Light travel time: 15 min 31.52 s (-53.27 s)

#Hera #Didymos

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/china-signals-new-target-for-2027-asteroid-deflection-test/

Atzo, #B19 #SuperHeavy-ak bere lehen pizte estatikoa burutu zuen.

BE-4 motorren multzoa prest dago hirugarren #NewGlenn suzirian instalatzeko.

ESAren #Hera zundak duela gutxi ibilbide zuzenketa bat burutu zuen #Dimorphos asteroide bikoitzera iristeko prestatzeko.

#Espazioa

#ESA:
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Hera auf Kurs zum Rendezvous mit ihrem Asteroiden
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"Hera hat kürzlich das letzte von zwei Manövernum auf ihrer Reise von der Erde zu Didymos abgeschlossen. Das Manöver verbrauchte 123 kg des Hydrazin-Treibstoffs an Bord und veränderte die Geschwindigkeit der Sonde um 367 Meter pro Sekunde .."

https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/Germany/Hera_auf_Kurs_zum_Rendezvous_mit_ihrem_Asteroiden

17.3.2026

#Asteroid #Didymos #Estrack #Hera #Hydrazin #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #Software #Softwareupdate #SpaceFlight

#Hera recently completed the second of two deep-space manoeuvres on its journey from Earth to #Didymos. The manoeuvre burned 123 kg of onboard hydrazine fuel and changed the spacecraft’s velocity by 367 m/s.

The spacecraft will also have a software update. Just transferring the software to the spacecraft will take 3 hours; not because the files are too large, but rather because the "connection" will be slow.

Article and animations:
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_on_course_for_asteroid_rendezvous

#ESA #Europe #space #solarocks

2026-03-12 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-05)

WHERE IS HERA?
- Barycentric speed: 16.29 km/s (+0.16 km/s)
- Rendezvous with Didymos: November 2026

🪨 Relative to Didymos
- Distance (km): 9,276,100.07 km (-531,948.12 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.06 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 0 min 30.94 s (-1.77 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 295,228,307.91 km (-15,954,187.37 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.97 (-0.11)
- Light travel time: 16 min 24.81 s (-53.22 s)

#Hera #Didymos