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Dawn
Asteroid Belt Mission
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Dawn was a retired NASA space probe launched in September 2007 to study two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft depleted its hydrazine fuel and the mission was ended on November 1, 2018, leaving the derelict probe in a stable orbit around Ceres.
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OutcomeSuccessful dual asteroid belt orbital mission of Vesta and Ceres; the mission ended November 1, 2018 when the spacecraft depleted its hydrazine, leaving it in a stable orbit around Ceres. 1 Sources
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a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationDawn (spacecraft) article, infobox
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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NASA announced that Dawn had depleted its hydrazine, and the mission was ended. The derelict probe remains in a stable orbit around Ceres
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