Thread: 'Dawn' asteroid probe -- highest power ever?
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Old February 26th 07, 03:42 PM posted to sci.space.policy,alt.astronomy,sci.space.history
Jim Oberg
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Default 'Dawn' asteroid probe -- highest power ever?
The 'Dawn' asteroid mission (June launch) has a 10 kilowatt electrical power
system --
is that the highest power level ever for an interplanetary probe?

Cassini: 750 watts
Galileo: 500 watts
Deep Space 1: 2.4 kilowatts