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

 

Transportation

Bus transport to and from the observatory will be offered as follows:

Monday 24 March:

Bus will depart from Hotel Saint-Paul at 11:15

It will stop at the harbour and will depart at 11:30

The two bus stops can be seen in the map below (red and green circle):


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Bus will leave the Observatory at 6pm to both stops

Tuesday 25 March:

Bus will depart from Hotel Saint-Paul at 8:15

It will stop at the harbour and will depart at 8:30

Bus will leave the Observatory at 5:45 pm to Hôtel Saint-Paul

 

Lunch

Lunch of 24 and 25 March will take place at the Observatory (Buffet style).

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