{"id":2535,"date":"2025-11-03T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/gomspace-secures-8-4-msek-deal-for-europes-planetary-defense-and-space-exploration\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:16:10","slug":"gomspace-secures-8-4-msek-deal-for-europes-planetary-defense-and-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/gomspace-secures-8-4-msek-deal-for-europes-planetary-defense-and-space-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"GomSpace Secures 8.4 MSEK Deal for Europe\u2019s Planetary Defense and Space Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1762157646052_638977544522546947.png\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr fr-dib\" width=\"711\" height=\"384\" alt=\"GomSpace Secures 8.4 MSEK Deal for Europe\u2019s Planetary Defense and Space Exploration\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1762157646052_638977544522546947.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1762157646052_638977544522546947.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"384\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the frame of the European Space Agency\u2019s Hera mission, <strong>GomSpace<\/strong> and <strong>SPACEBEL<\/strong> sign a contract for the implementation of Juventas Operations, where HOOP\u2019s advanced Mission Control Center capabilities will be used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contract is valued at approx. 8.4 MSEK will be implemented from now until Q2 2027. Under the contract, GomSpace will provide advanced operational support system capabilities for the final phase of the HERA-Juventas cubesat mission \u2014 covering both the cruise and asteroid phases and supporting through to the mission\u2019s completion. The solution, built on GomSpace\u2019s HOOP product, is deployed and integrated into the HERA Cubesat Mission Operation Center (CMOC), led by SPACEBEL and located at ESA\u2019s ESEC centre in Redu (Belgium). It enables autonomous operations for the Juventas satellite developed by GomSpace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: GomSpace Secures ESA Contract to Advance Satellite Control Software<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HERA-Juventas satellite and its Milani companion will start exploring the binary Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system from January 2027 until May 2027. \u201cThe HERA mission represents a major step forward in Europe\u2019s planetary defence strategy and cost-efficient space exploration; it paves the way for future progress in this field. We are proud to contribute to the ground segment implementation by leveraging our HOOP product to support Hera\u2019s Juventas mission\u201d, said <strong>Carsten Drachmann<\/strong><strong>, CEO at GomSpace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the frame of the European Space Agency\u2019s Hera mission, GomSpace and SPACEBEL sign a contract for the implementation of Juventas Operations, where HOOP\u2019s advanced Mission Control Center capabilities will be used. The contract is valued at approx. 8.4 MSEK will be implemented from now until Q2 2027. Under the contract, GomSpace will provide advanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,20],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}