Based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, France and the United States, Dawn Aerospace’s mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing dramatically more scalable and sustainable ways to access and move around in space.
Spaceplane
Dawn’s suborbital spaceplanes operate much like a fleet of aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally at airports.
The Aurora is a suborbital plane designed to fly 100 km above the Earth and aims to be the first vehicle to access space multiple times per day. An active test flight program of the Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has seen 60+
flights completed. In 2024 the Aurora broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.12 at 82,500 feet, and set a record for the fastest climb to 20 kilometers (65,600 feet).
In-space propulsion
Dawn is now a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites, as well as actively developing refueling in space with its LOOP program. Dawn propulsion technology often achieves superior performance than traditional hydrazine systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination; nitrous oxide and propylene. Having proven this technology on orbit for both CubeSats and small satellites, Dawn propulsion systems have now flown on Electron, Vega, Falcon 9, and Soyuz launchers with over 150 thrusters in space across 35 satellites and counting.
Company Details
- Employees
- 122
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 1, Christchurch,christchurch 8024,new Zealand
- Industry
- Aviation And Aerospace Component Manufacturing
- NAICS
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Aerospace Product and Parts ManufacturingAircraft ManufacturingAircraft Engine and Engine Parts ManufacturingOther Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment ManufacturingGuided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts ManufacturingOther Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Website
- dawnaerospace.com
- HQ
- Christchurch, Christchurch
Dawn Aerospace Questions
Dawn Aerospace's website is dawnaerospace.com
Dawn Aerospace's LinkedIn profile is https://nz.linkedin.com/company/dawnaerospace
Dawn Aerospace has
122 employees.
View email and phone details for 122
employees at Dawn Aerospace.
Dawn Aerospace's industry is
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Dawn Aerospace's top competitors are
Pangea Propulsion,
Isar Aerospace,
Aerospace New Zealand,
D-Orbit,
Isispace Group,
Kea Aerospace,
Rocket Lab,
Aac Hyperion,
Astroscale,
Firefly Aerospace.
Dawn Aerospace's categories are Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Dawn Aerospace's founding year is 2017
