The Dawn Project's mission is to rendezvous and map the two heaviest main belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres. The Ion Propulsion System (IPS) for Dawn will be used for the heliocentric transfer from the Earth to Vesta, orbit capture at Vesta, transfer to a low Vesta orbit, departure and escape from Vesta, the heliocentric transfer from Vesta to Ceres, orbit capture at Ceres, and transfer to a low Ceres orbit.


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    Title :

    The ion propulsion system for Dawn


    Contributors:
    Brophy, J. R. (author) / Marcucci, M. G. (author) / Ganapathi, G. B. (author) / Garner, C. E. (author) / Henry, M. D. (author) / Nakazono, B. (author) / Noon, D. (author)

    Conference:

    2003 Joint Propulsion Conference


    Publication date :

    2003-07-20


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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