Hera's CubeSats call home from Deep Space
The European Space Agency's Hera mission for planetary defense has confirmed the successful activation of its two CubeSat passengers, marking ESA's first use of CubeSats in deep space. The two CubeSats completed initial system checks, exchanging signals with Earth for the first time to verify their status. "Each CubeSat was activated for about an hour in turn, in live sessions with the gro