Dawn enters orbit around Vesta
Date as reported
Dawn used ion propulsion to enter orbit around Vesta. First spacecraft to orbit a main-belt asteroid.
Historical significance
First spacecraft to orbit a main-belt asteroid.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Orbit insertion
- Mission
- Dawn
- Programme
- Discovery
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Destination
- asteroid
- Target body
- Vesta
- Country
- US
Sources and attribution
- NASA — Dawn mission history (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to NASA.