Editing Ion thruster (section)

===== Dawn =====
[[Dawn (spacecraft)|''Dawn'']] launched on 27 September 2007, to explore the asteroid [[4 Vesta|Vesta]] and the dwarf planet [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]]. It used three ''[[Deep Space 1]]'' heritage xenon ion thrusters (firing one at a time). ''Dawn''{{'s}} ion drive is capable of accelerating from 0 to {{cvt|97|km/h}} in 4 days of continuous firing.<ref>[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1468 The Prius of Space] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015515/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1468 |date=5 June 2011 }}, 13 September 2007, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory {{PD-notice}}</ref> The mission ended on 1 November 2018, when the spacecraft ran out of [[hydrazine]] chemical propellant for its attitude thrusters.<ref name="DawnEOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-dawn-mission-to-asteroid-belt-comes-to-end|title=NASA's Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End|date=1 November 2018 |publisher=NASA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>