launched fromUSA

Dawn

Name: Dawn
Start: 2007-09-27T11:34:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

SEP 27200711:34:00 UTC

Will explore dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid 4 Vesta, Ceres was designated as an asteroid during mission planning

LIFTOFF

SEP 27 2007

11:34:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-17BCanaveral

aboardDelta II 7925HintoHeliocentric

Payload

Asteroid research