Dawn spacecraft

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:communication X-band
gptkbp:cost $446 million (excluding launch)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dimensions 1.64 m × 1.27 m × 1.77 m (main body)
gptkbp:discoveryProgramMissionNumber 9
gptkbp:duration 11 years, 1 month, 6 days
gptkbp:endDate 2018-11-01
gptkbp:enteredCeresOrbit 2015-03-06
gptkbp:enteredVestaOrbit 2011-07-16
gptkbp:firstToOrbitTwoExtraterrestrialBodies true
gptkbp:fuelType gptkb:xenon
gptkbp:goal study protoplanets Vesta and Ceres
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dawn spacecraft
gptkbp:inclination varied (mission-dependent)
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:leftVestaOrbit 2012-09-05
gptkbp:lengthWithSolarPanels 19.7 m
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Orbital_Sciences_Corporation
gptkbp:mass 1217.7 kg (launch)
747.1 kg
gptkbp:missionEndReason loss of hydrazine fuel
gptkbp:missionInsignia gptkb:Dawn_mission_patch
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:satellite
orbiter
gptkbp:notableAchievement first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet (Ceres)
first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Robert_Mase
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitingBody gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Vesta
gptkbp:orbitType low orbit around Vesta and Ceres
gptkbp:powerAtCeres ~1000 W
gptkbp:powerAtEarth ~10 kW
gptkbp:powers solar panels
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Christopher_T._Russell
gptkbp:program gptkb:Discovery_Program
gptkbp:propulsion Hall-effect thruster
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:STAR-2.6
gptkbp:status mission complete
gptkbp:target gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Vesta
gptkbp:website https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Delta_II_rocket
gptkb:Hall-effect_thruster
gptkb:Framing_Camera
gptkb:Gamma_Ray_and_Neutron_Detector_(GRaND)
gptkb:Visible_and_Infrared_Spectrometer_(VIR)
gptkb:Delta_rocket_family
gptkb:Vesta
gptkb:Delta_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5