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- Ion propulsion system generates gradual thrustSPACE: How NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System's Origin (June 27, 2007)
- Accelerated charged particles create thrust
- Equipped with solar array
- 10 kW: Solar array power at Earth distanceUCLA: Dawn: Key Spacecraft Characteristics
- 1 kW: Solar array power at Ceres distanceUCLA: Dawn: Key Spacecraft Characteristics
- Infrared and visible camera on boardSPACE: How NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System's Origin (June 27, 2007)
- Equipped with gamma ray and neutron spectrometerSPACE: How NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System's Origin (June 27, 2007)
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The Dawn spacecraft is a robotic space probe that will be used in NASA's Dawn Mission to orbit and analyze two members of the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroid Vesta. Because the amount of traditional propellant required to make such a journey would be immense, Dawn uses an ion propulsion engine. It will travel three billion miles.Science Daily: NASA Launches Asteroid Mission, Dawn (September 27, 2008)
Mission Facts
- Launch date: September 27, 2007
- Major contractors: Sciences, JPL, UCLA
- Mission type: Orbiter
- Satellite of: Vesta and Ceres
- Launch vehicle: Delta 7925H
- October, 2011: Scheduled arrival at VestaSPACE: How NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System's Origin (June 27, 2007)
- February, 2015: Scheduled arrival at CeresSPACE: How NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System's Origin (June 27, 2007)
- Mission duration: 8 years
- Mission distance: 3 billion milesScience Daily: NASA Launches Asteroid Mission, Dawn (September 27, 2008)
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tell it to turn off the headlights RT @RichardDrumm @plutokiller For a moment there I thought you'd found the Dawn spacecraft...
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RT @scibuff NASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt - http://bit.ly/3vAZvY #NASA #astronomy #space
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt - http://bit.ly/3vAZvY #NASA #astronomy #space
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