SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulRobotic Exploration

Hera

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera
Start: 2024-10-07T14:52:11Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launched Mon, Oct 7 · 2:52:11 PM UTC2024-10-07 14:52:11 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Asteroid

The second stage shut down at T+7:39 and released the payload at T+1:16:02.

Worldwide

184th

orbital launch attempt in 2024

SpaceX

97th

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 40

46th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

8 d 21 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: SpaceX Hera

The Flight Plan

Planned times, from liftoff at 2:52 PM UTC. The result is at the top of the page.

Countdown9

T−38:002:14 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−35:002:17 PMStart of propelland loading
T−35:002:17 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−16:002:36 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:002:45 PMStart of engine chilling
T−1:002:51 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−1:002:51 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:452:51 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:032:52 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Show the countdown (9 steps)

T−38:002:14 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−35:002:17 PMStart of propelland loading
T−35:002:17 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−16:002:36 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:002:45 PMStart of engine chilling
T−1:002:51 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−1:002:51 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:452:51 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:032:52 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Ascent7

T+0:002:52 PMFirst upwards movement of the rocket
T+1:142:53 PMMaximum dynamic pressure
T+2:412:54 PMCut-off of the main engine
T+2:442:54 PMSeparation of the second stage from the first
T+2:512:55 PMFirst start of the second engine
T+3:332:55 PMSeparation of the payload fairing
T+3:332:55 PMSeparation of the payload fairing

Second Stage and Payload5

T+7:392:59 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+7:392:59 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+52:223:44 PMSecond start of the second engine
T+54:003:46 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+1:16:024:08 PMFinal deployment of the payload from the rocket

Mission

Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will measure the size and the morphology of the crater created by and momentum transferred by an artificial projectile impacting an asteroid, which will allow measuring the efficiency of the deflection produced by the impact. It will also analyze the expanding debris cloud caused by the impact.

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2002 · CEO Elon Musk

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Launches

742

Successful

727

98%

Landings

687

of 715

Upcoming

136

scheduled

FliesFalcon Starship Dragon

All SpaceX launches Website Wikipedia

Updates

Oct 7 · 4:18 PM
Hera signal acquired and all systems nominal.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 4:08 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 2:52 PM
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 2:19 PM
Updated launch weather, 60% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 2:11 PM
Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started
Launch Library 2

Show earlier updates

Oct 7 · 8:33 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 6 · 4:57 PM
Weather is 15% favorable for launch.
Nosu
Oct 2 · 2:36 PM
Launch time confirmed per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
Sep 1 · 2:02 AM
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
May 12 · 8:17 AM
NET October 7.
Cosmic_Penguin
Apr 7 · 2:58 PM
Targeting October 8, 2024
Nosu
Dec 29 · 3:27 PM
NET October 2024
Nosu
Oct 20 · 12:21 PM
Adding launch NET 2024
Nosu

Falcon 9 Block 5

Vehicle history

Height

70m

Diameter

3.6m

To low Earth orbit

22,800kg

Liftoff thrust

7,607kN

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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulRobotic Exploration

Hera

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launched Mon, Oct 7 · 2:52:11 PM UTC2024-10-07 14:52:11 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Reached orbit

Follow SpaceX in the app Watch the replay

Success

Reached Asteroid

The second stage shut down at T+7:39 and released the payload at T+1:16:02.

Worldwide

184th

orbital launch attempt in 2024

SpaceX

97th

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 40

46th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

8 d 21 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: SpaceX Hera

The Flight Plan

Planned times, from liftoff at 2:52 PM UTC. The result is at the top of the page.

Countdown9

T−38:002:14 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−35:002:17 PMStart of propelland loading
T−35:002:17 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−16:002:36 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:002:45 PMStart of engine chilling
T−1:002:51 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−1:002:51 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:452:51 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:032:52 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Show the countdown (9 steps)

T−38:002:14 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−35:002:17 PMStart of propelland loading
T−35:002:17 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−16:002:36 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:002:45 PMStart of engine chilling
T−1:002:51 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−1:002:51 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:452:51 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:032:52 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Ascent7

T+0:002:52 PMFirst upwards movement of the rocket
T+1:142:53 PMMaximum dynamic pressure
T+2:412:54 PMCut-off of the main engine
T+2:442:54 PMSeparation of the second stage from the first
T+2:512:55 PMFirst start of the second engine
T+3:332:55 PMSeparation of the payload fairing
T+3:332:55 PMSeparation of the payload fairing

Second Stage and Payload5

T+7:392:59 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+7:392:59 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+52:223:44 PMSecond start of the second engine
T+54:003:46 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+1:16:024:08 PMFinal deployment of the payload from the rocket

Mission

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2002 · CEO Elon Musk

Launches

742

Successful

727

98%

Landings

687

of 715

Upcoming

136

scheduled

FliesFalcon Starship Dragon

All SpaceX launches Website Wikipedia

Updates

Oct 7 · 4:18 PM
Hera signal acquired and all systems nominal.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 4:08 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 2:52 PM
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 2:19 PM
Updated launch weather, 60% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 7 · 2:11 PM
Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started
Launch Library 2

Show earlier updates

Oct 7 · 8:33 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 6 · 4:57 PM
Weather is 15% favorable for launch.
Nosu
Oct 2 · 2:36 PM
Launch time confirmed per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
Sep 1 · 2:02 AM
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
May 12 · 8:17 AM
NET October 7.
Cosmic_Penguin
Apr 7 · 2:58 PM
Targeting October 8, 2024
Nosu
Dec 29 · 3:27 PM
NET October 2024
Nosu
Oct 20 · 12:21 PM
Adding launch NET 2024
Nosu

Falcon 9 Block 5

Vehicle history

Height

70m

Diameter

3.6m

To low Earth orbit

22,800kg

Liftoff thrust

7,607kN

Next From Cape Canaveral SFS

Cape Canaveral SFS schedule

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Second Stage and Payload5

Mission

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