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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Balerion Space Ventures led Dawn Aerospace’s Series B round.
Dawn Aerospace closed a $25 million Series B funding round.
Dawn Aerospace’s customers include the US Air Force Research Lab, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora spaceplane can provide up to 127 seconds of microgravity per flight.
Dawn Aerospace will provide mission planning, trajectory design, payload integration interfaces, and a media kit to winners of the Runway-to-Space Spaceplane Challenge.
Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora spaceplane has completed more than 60 operational missions.
Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora spaceplane can carry payloads of up to 15 kg to altitudes approaching 100 km at speeds exceeding Mach 3.5.
The Runway-to-Space Spaceplane Challenge will send research payloads to the edge of space aboard Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora suborbital spaceplane from the Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport in Burns Flat.
Dawn Aerospace has transitioned its standard propellant loading interface into a dual-purpose Docking and Fluid Transfer port.
Dawn Aerospace has partnered with the Royal Netherlands Air Force on the PAMI-1 mission.
Dawn Aerospace has fully funded the Loop program through its 2028 demonstration phase.
Dawn Aerospace will make the Docking and Fluid Transfer port a standard feature on all SatDrive systems with capacities exceeding 10 kNs.
Dawn Aerospace is conducting a strategic research and technology study with the French Space Agency (CNES).
Dawn Aerospace estimates that more than 100 compatible satellites will be in orbit within five years if current delivery trends continue.
Dawn Aerospace has formalized the Loop on-orbit refueling network.
Dawn Aerospace has over 175 thrusters currently in orbit.
ArkEdge Space awarded Dawn Aerospace a contract to provide propulsion for a next-generation lunar navigation satellite.
The mission is the third lunar mission supported by Dawn Aerospace’s nitrous-based propulsion.
Dawn Aerospace’s proven radiation-tolerant electronics were first contracted on SatDrives for Blue Canyon Technologies in 2024.
Blue Canyon Technologies ordered Dawn Aerospace SatDrives for two Venus-class microsatellite buses in 2024.