Lessons from the Dawn mission to Ceres and Vesta

The Dawn mission orbited and explored Ceres and Vesta, the two largest objects in the main asteroid belt. One of the key enabling technologies was solar electric propulsion. After more than 11 years in flight, Dawn completed operations in October 2018. I describe some lessons from the perspective of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta astronautica 2020-11, Vol.176, p.233-237
1. Verfasser:	Rayman, Marc D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asteroid Asteroids Ceres Ceres asteroid Dwarf planet Lessons Mission operations Solar electric propulsion Vesta Vesta asteroid
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