Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com September 4 news, the European Space Agency previously launched a space probe mission called "Hera"(Hera), according to the European Space Agency recently issued a press release, the spacecraft has been successfully assembled in Bremen OHB company.

According to the European Space Agency, the probe was built in "two-part modules," which have now been spliced together to form a single spacecraft as a whole. The space agency revealed that the probe is now ready for "comprehensive space readiness testing."

▲ The propulsion module of the Hera probe is above, and the computer module of the probe is below. NASA launched the DART mission last year, which used the probe to impact Dimorphos asteroid and change its orbit, thus verifying Earth's "planetary defense" capability in the face of meteorite disasters.

The goal of the Hera probe is to explore the mass and composition of Dimorphos asteroids and to conduct a close survey of the craters left by the DART mission.

▲ Hera probe simulation map, source: European Aviation Agency CTOnews.com After inquiry, Hera will tow the mission through deep space for more than two years after the test is completed, and then orbit Dimorphos asteroid for relevant detection. Hera must launch in the October 2024 window to rendezvous with Dimorphos. In order to maximize working hours, the prime contractor OHB built the mission into two separate modules, allowing work to be done simultaneously and improving the efficiency of detector assembly.

Matteo Grimaldi, OHB's senior assembly, integration and test technician, states: "We worked with the designers to study many of the most critical parts of the process, taking into account most of the problems of the assembly process, and thus successfully assembled the two parts of the detector. "

Matteo Grimaldi also said: "Now, the Hera mission continues to achieve milestone progress, the successful assembly of the current probe is an important milestone, is a 'very exciting moment', before we only have these two modules, can now say that the Hera spacecraft has been successfully born." "

Welcome to subscribe "Shulou Technology Information " to get latest news, interesting things and hot topics in the IT industry, and controls the hottest and latest Internet news, technology news and IT industry trends.