High Gain Antenna for Hera Asteroid Mission Tested

The High Gain Antenna of ESA’s Hera mission has completed a week-long test campaign at the Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR), part of the Agency’s ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands. The 1.13-m (3.7 foot) diameter antenna will transmit back the first close-up images of the distant Dimorphos asteroid since its orbit was shifted by a collision with…