Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company focused on providing sustainable and scalable access to space. They are known for developing green propulsion technology and reusable spaceplanes, including the Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane. Dawn supplies propulsion systems globally and aims to reduce the costs associated with satellite launches, with hardware already flying on missions launched by SpaceX, Soyuz and Vega. The company has operations in New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United States.
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Dawn Aerospace’s founding team met in 2010 while working on suborbital rockets at Delft University of Technology.
Dawn Aerospace is developing launcher propulsion and avionics in New Zealand with test flights planned there.
Dawn Aerospace is working to close a $10,000,000 Series A round in the second quarter of 2020.
Dawn Aerospace plans to conduct a suborbital flight in 2020 to mature launcher technology and carry payloads to microgravity.
Dawn Aerospace aims to build 50 cubesat thrusters and 100 microsatellite thrusters in 2020.
Dawn Aerospace plans to open a U.S. office and build up a sales team.
Hiber signed a contract with Dawn Aerospace to use green thruster systems on Hiber’s third and fourth satellites.
Hiber’s third and fourth satellites are scheduled to launch in early 2020 and will use a 1-unit Attitude and Orbit Control System from Dawn Aerospace that runs on nitrous oxide and propene.