Dawn asteroid-belt orbiter spacecraft
Dawn was a mission-specific interplanetary orbiter design that used ion propulsion to become the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial targets, protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, in the main asteroid belt.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Dawn spacecraftDawn asteroid mission
- Family Name
- Dawn
- Full Name
- Dawn asteroid-belt orbiter spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Dawn was a mission-specific interplanetary orbiter design that used ion propulsion to become the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial targets, protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, in the main asteroid belt.
- First Flight Year
- 2,007
- Last Flight Year
- 2,018
- Operator
- Programs
- -
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/dawn/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 23:02:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 11:40:23 UTC