Dawn mission

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gptkbp:instanceOf spacecraft mission
gptkbp:communication X-band radio
gptkbp:cost $446 million (approximate)
gptkbp:departureVesta 2012-09-05
gptkbp:discoveredBy Ahuna Mons on Ceres
bright spots on Ceres
craters and troughs on Vesta
evidence of water ice on Ceres
gptkbp:distance over 6.9 billion km
gptkbp:duration 2007-2018
gptkbp:endDate 2018-11-01
gptkbp:firstBook first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies
gptkbp:firstToOrbit gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Vesta
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dawn mission
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Framing_Camera
gptkb:Gamma_Ray_and_Neutron_Detector_(GRaND)
gptkb:Visible_and_Infrared_Spectrometer_(VIR)
gptkbp:launchDate 2007-09-27
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_SLC-17B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7925H
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Orbital_Sciences_Corporation
gptkbp:mass 1217 kg (launch)
gptkbp:missionEndReason loss of hydrazine fuel
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:objective study protoplanets Vesta and Ceres
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitInsertionCeres 2015-03-06
gptkbp:orbitInsertionVesta 2011-07-16
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Vesta
gptkbp:powers 10 kW solar arrays
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Christopher_T._Russell
gptkbp:program gptkb:Discovery_Program
gptkbp:propulsion ion propulsion
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hayabusa
gptkb:Rosetta
gptkb:NEAR_Shoemaker
gptkbp:spacecraft Dawn
gptkbp:status mission complete
gptkbp:target gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Vesta
gptkbp:website https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Solar_System_Research
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3