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Dawn

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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
75
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BlackSky’s Spectra AI tasking and analytics platform provides dawn-to-dusk imagery data with sophisticated search and collection flexibility for NASA-funded investigators.

CapabilityValue 3.6Aug 26, 2022BlackSky awarded $1.7m NASA contract to advance earth science research

BlackSky's platform enables partners to offer hourly monitoring and dusk to dawn satellite imagery.

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Jul 15, 2022
BlackSky and Esri to offer first on-demand satellite tasking to ArcGIS’ online customer base

BlackSky combines an advanced SaaS customer platform with a 14-satellite constellation to provide high dawn-to-dusk revisit rates over critical regions.

CapabilityValue 3.5May 25, 2022BlackSky Awarded 10-Year Electro Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) Contract with U.S. Government

Customers received dawn-to-dusk analytics and imagery products of Ukraine within 24 hours of BlackSky’s 2022-04-02 launch.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Apr 19, 2022BlackSky sets new standard for agile satellite operations to support customers during Ukraine crisis

BlackSky launched its most recent satellite on 2022-04-02 and customers received dawn-to-dusk analytics and imagery products of Ukraine within 24 hours of that launch.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.8Apr 18, 2022BlackSky Sets New Standard for Agile Satellite Operations to Support Customers During Ukraine Crisis

The Rocket Lab launches enable BlackSky to offer one-hour average, dawn-to-dusk imaging revisits and 90-minute average delivery times for customers.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 26, 2021UPDATE: BlackSky Signs Rocket Lab For 9 Smallsat Launches, Plus, BlackSky-7’s 1st Images…

A miniature satellite developed by the Ryman Sat Project will attempt to take a selfie in space during the early dawn hours of 2021-02-21 (Japan time).

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Feb 21, 2021Team of Japanese Space Enthusiasts Set To Launch Selfie-Taking satellite

Dawn Harms is serving as interim chief executive of Momentus and joined Momentus as chief revenue officer in November 2019.

GovernanceValue 3.2Jan 26, 2021Momentus CEO resigns amid U.S. government concerns

The Dawn Mk-II Aurora is a 4.8-meter-long test vehicle developed by Dawn Aerospace as part of a campaign to develop a spaceplane to conduct multiple daily flights from conventional airports.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Dec 9, 2020Dawn Aerospace wins license for suborbital flights

Dawn Aerospace worked closely with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority over 18 months to establish flight procedures and systems that allow the Dawn Mk-II Aurora to operate alongside conventional aircraft.

CapabilityLegalValue 4.0Dec 9, 2020Dawn Aerospace wins license for suborbital flights

Dawn Aerospace received approval from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority on 2020-12-09 to begin flying the Dawn Mk-II Aurora.

LegalCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 9, 2020Dawn Aerospace wins license for suborbital flights

The NEXT-C electric propulsion system on DART is an improved version of the electric propulsion used on NASA’s Dawn and Deep Space 1 missions.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Aug 19, 2020NASA’s planetary science program shifts priority to asteroid missions

Dawn launched in 2007 as part of NASA’s Discovery program of lower-cost planetary science missions.

GeneralValue 3.0Nov 1, 2018Dawn mission to asteroid belt ends

Dawn launched in September 2007 to orbit the large asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 4, 2018NASA’s Dawn and Kepler missions near their ends

The Hera spacecraft design will be similar to AIM and will be equipped with a camera that is a flight spare of an instrument developed by the German space agency DLR and used on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 29, 2018ESA plans second attempt at planetary defense mission