Dawn

Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres. In the fulfillment of that mission—the ninth in NASA's Discovery Program—Dawn entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011, and completed a 14-month survey mission before leaving for Ceres in late 2012. It entered orbit around Ceres on March 6, 2015. In 2017, NASA announced that the planned nine-year mission would be extended until the probe's hydrazine fuel supply was depleted. On November 1, 2018, NASA announced that Dawn had depleted its hydrazine, and the mission was ended. The derelict probe remains in a stable orbit around Ceres.

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2007 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
space probe, United Launch Alliance, Delta II, 

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2007 Dawn

2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

2007-09-27T00:00:00Z

2007-09-27T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2015-03-06T00:00:00Z

2015-03-06T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

loss of signal

2009-02-18T00:00:00Z

2009-02-18T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

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Dawn - Programacao

Harry McSween

Dawn spacecraft in thermal vacuum chamber

Dawn (spacecraft)

Dawn after installation of high gain antenna

Dawn assembly at KSC

Dawn at Xenon loading

Dawns sun shade over its parabolic antenna

Dawn Spaceprobe is lifted onto the upperstage

Dawn Spaceprobe on the Delta II Heavy upperstage

• The remarkable surface homogeneity of the Dawn mission target (1) Ceres^@ article
• Dawn arrives at Ceres: Exploration of a small, volatile-rich world^@ scientific article published on September 2016
• Down sonde observes curious lights^@ Wikinews article
• Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, Issue 126 - issue published in 2011 (English)
• Dawn over Vesta - magazine article from 'Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin' published in 2011 (English)
• Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres - scientific article (publication date: 14 September 2007) (Q1860)
• Down sonde observes curious lights - Wikinews article (Catalan)
• The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres -  (Q1860)
• Ceres Survey Atlas derived from Dawn Framing Camera images - scholarly article
• Dawn at Vesta: testing the protoplanetary paradigm. - scientific article published in May 2012 (Q1860)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Dawn - Programacao		Commons
commons	image		Harry McSween		Commons
commons	image		Dawn spacecraft in thermal vacuum chamber		Commons
commons	image		Dawn (spacecraft)		Commons
commons	image		Dawn after installation of high gain antenna		Commons
commons	image		Dawn assembly at KSC		Commons
commons	image		Dawn at Xenon loading		Commons
commons	image		Dawns sun shade over its parabolic antenna		Commons
commons	image		Dawn Spaceprobe is lifted onto the upperstage		Commons
commons	image		Dawn Spaceprobe on the Delta II Heavy upperstage		Commons