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Dawn is a 1,250 kg (2,760 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 27, 2007, to study and characterize asteroid 4 Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres. The mission will be the first to study objects in the asteroid belt and first to enter into orbit around multiple celestial bodies; all previous missions with multiple targets—such as the Voyager program—have been planetary flybys.
{{Infobox spacecraft | Name = ''Dawn'' | Image = [[Image:Dawn - PIA12033.jpg|290px]] | Caption = Artist's concept of ''Dawn'' with Vesta (left) & Ceres (right) (the proximity of Vesta to Ceres is not to scale.) | Organization = [[NASA]] | Major_Contractors = [[Orbital Sciences]], [[JPL]], [[UCLA]] | Mission_Type = Flyby / [[Orbiter]] | Flyby_Of = [[Mars]] | Satellite_Of = [[4 Vesta|Vesta]], [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]] | Orbital_Insertion_Date = Vesta: July 16, 2011 {{small|(projected)}} <br>Ceres: February 2015 {{small|(projected)}} | Launch = 2007-09-27 11:34:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] <br>{{small|({{Age in years, months and days| year=2007 | month=09 | day=27 }} ago)}} | Launch_Vehicle = [[Delta II|Delta II 7925H]] | Launch_Site = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17|Space Launch Complex 17B]]<br> [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] | Decay = | Mission_Duration = In transit <!--<br><small>({{Age in years, months and days| year=| month=| day=}} elapsed)</small>--> <br>{{pad|1em}}<small>Mars flyby <br>{{pad|2em}}''(completed 2009-02-04)''</small> | Mass = {{convert|1250|kg|abbr=on}} | Power = 1000 W ([[Solar array]]) | NSSDC_ID = 2007-043A | Webpage = [http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/ dawn.jpl.nasa.gov] }}