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Dawn

retired
Science ExplorationinterplanetaryCOSPAR 2007-043ALaunched 9/27/2007
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Dawn Mission
Launch Vehicle
Delta 7925H
Launch Date
9/27/2007
Last Contact
10/30/2018
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
interplanetary
Altitude
-41,605.5 km
Inclination
28.9 deg
Dry Mass
747 kg
Total Mass
1,218 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
PLAN
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Manufacturer
Northrop Grumman
Registry
COSPAR ID
2007-043A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/524
Track
Mentions
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Lunar Outpost's Lunar Dawn rover had a higher mission suitability score of 863 but a higher price at nearly $1.73 billion.

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Lunar Outpost's Lunar Dawn rover integrates General Motors' electric-vehicle battery technology.

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RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 15, 2024Lunar rover racing

The Lunar Dawn vehicle is designed to survive and operate during the two-week-long lunar nights with temperatures down to -280 degrees Fahrenheit, extending mission life from days to many years.

CapabilityValue 4.5Apr 4, 2024NASA Awards Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract to Lunar Dawn Team

NASA awarded the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract to the Lunar Dawn team led by Lunar Outpost with principal partner Lockheed Martin and teammates General Motors, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and MDA Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.7Apr 4, 2024NASA Awards Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract to Lunar Dawn Team

When not in use by NASA, the Lunar Dawn LTV will provide commercial services to contribute to a more accessible and sustainable cislunar economy.

GeneralValue 2.2Apr 4, 2024NASA Awards Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract to Lunar Dawn Team

When not used by NASA, the Lunar Dawn LTV will provide commercial services to support a more accessible and sustainable cislunar economy.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.0Apr 3, 2024Lunar Dawn Team awarded NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle contract

General Motors on the Lunar Dawn team will provide battery and related automotive technologies and Goodyear will provide tires.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.8Apr 3, 2024NASA selects three companies to advance Artemis lunar rover designs

The Lunar Dawn vehicle is designed to operate during the two-week-long lunar nights at temperatures down to -280 degrees Fahrenheit, extending mission life from days to many years.

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Dawn launched in 2007 orbited 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres to map surfaces and study composition and internal structure.

CapabilityValue 4.0Mar 26, 2024Chinese scientists call for focus on asteroid missions

NASA's history of the Discovery program illustrates its evolution through missions such as NEAR, Mars Pathfinder, Dawn, and Kepler.

GeneralValue 1.5Feb 5, 2024Review: NASA’s Discovery Program

Haiyang-3 (01) will operate in a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 16, 2023China launches new-gen Haiyang ocean monitoring satellite

BlackSky’s commercial constellation provides dynamic hourly monitoring of locations up to 15 times a day from dawn until dusk.

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The National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) of the DPRK conducted the second launch of reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1 aboard the new-type carrier rocket Chollima-1 at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province at dawn of 2023-08-24, Juche 112 (2023).

PlanValue 4.5Aug 24, 2023North Korea’s second attempt to launch satellite fails

The Dawn Mk-II Aurora is a rocket-powered spaceplane demonstrator developed by Dawn Aerospace.

CapabilityValue 3.0Dec 8, 2022Dawn Aerospace raises $20 million for propulsion and spaceplane work

The Dawn Mk-II Aurora has operated using jet engines to date and rocket-powered flight was expected to commence in the first quarter of 2023.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Dec 6, 2022Dawn Aerospace receives $20 million in company funding

BlackSky’s Spectra AI platform provides multi-source analytics and satellite imagery collection that offer high-revisit, dawn-to-dusk imaging and analytics integrated into GEOINT workflows.

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The MATS spacecraft was designed to operate in a 585-kilometer dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, a regime with limited rideshare opportunities that drove the need for a dedicated launch.

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MATS will operate in a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 585 km.

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Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) signed an agreement with Dawn Aerospace to implement Dawn’s green chemical propulsion technology into Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ smallsat.

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Crew-4 began with a Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center in the pre-dawn hours of 2022-04-27 and docked with the station less than 16 hours later.

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