Hera Science Operations Working Group

Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

24-25 March 2025

 

 REGISTRATION

 

 

The Hera Science Operations Working Group (SOWG) will meet in Nice on 24 - 25 March 2025. The focus of the meeting will be comparison and discussion of the results from the Mars swingby. The meeting will start after lunch on the 24th and end in the afternoon of the 25th. 

Registration is now closed.

 

Public event in Nice on the 22nd of March (in French)

The participants of the SOWG are invited to participate in a public event about Hera and the Mars flyby on Saturday, 22nd of March. It will take place at 14:30 in the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, 65 Prom. des Anglais.

More information about the public event can be found on the

Event poster

 

Draft agenda of the SOWG

​​​​​​​Monday, 24th March  
14:00 Welcome, Introduction
14:10 Operations Update (C. Guerbuez)
14:40 SPICE and Cosmographia Update (A. Escalante)
15:00 AFC Results (J.-B. Vincent)
15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Hyperscout Results (J. de Leon, M. Popescu)
16:45 TIRI Results (T. Okada)
17:30 Adjourn
   
Tuesday, 25th March  
09:00 Radio science actities related to Mars (E. Gramigna)
09:15 Common discussion and analysis of data from Mars, Deimos, Phobos. Calibration issues
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Update of Joanneum Research activities (P. Caballo-Perucha, G. Paar), incl. integration of tools  in Hera analysis  
14:30 Hera data distribution from Mars flyby and beyond (TBD)
15:30 Publication plans
15:45 Coffee break  
16:00 Update of cubesat operations, cruise phase (J. Coheur) and plans for Didymos (P. Annat)
16:30 Updates from cubesat instrument checkouts (Instrument leads)
17:00 AOB, next meeting
17:15 Adjourn

 

 

Bus transport will be offered from the port area of Nice to the Observatory.