Thread: 'Dawn' asteroid probe -- highest power ever?
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Old February 28th 07, 12:32 AM posted to sci.space.policy,alt.astronomy,sci.space.history
Alex Terrell
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Default 'Dawn' asteroid probe -- highest power ever?
On 26 Feb, 15:42, "Jim Oberg" wrote:
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

SMART-1 had 2KW. (Is that interplanetary?)

10KW is a lot for a space probe.