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 is providing satellite propulsion to hyperspectral imaging company Pixxel.
Dawn Aerospace provides in-space propulsion systems to customers globally using a combination of green propellants.
Dawn Aerospace develops reusable and sustainable space technologies including suborbital and orbital rocket-powered planes.
Dawn Aerospace has provided in-space propulsion products to customers across the globe since 2019.
Dawn Aerospace and D-Orbit have been working together since early 2019.
Dawn Aerospace's green propellant system can save satellite operators about $500,000 per satellite by eliminating safety precautions required for hydrazine.
Since launching on SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission in January 2021, D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier has performed hundreds of in-space firings of each Dawn Aerospace B20 thruster.
Hiber Four was equipped with a green propulsion system developed by Dawn Aerospace and Hyperion Technologies.
Hiber worked with Dawn Aerospace and Hyperion Technologies under support from the European Space Agency and the Netherlands Space Office via the ARTES program.
The Dawn Mk-II Aurora is a 4.8-meter-long test vehicle developed by Dawn Aerospace as part of a campaign to develop a spaceplane to conduct multiple daily flights from conventional airports.
Prior to developing the spaceplane, Dawn Aerospace developed thrusters that use nitrous oxide and propene instead of hydrazine.
Dawn Aerospace worked closely with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority over 18 months to establish flight procedures and systems that allow the Dawn Mk-II Aurora to operate alongside conventional aircraft.
Dawn Aerospace received approval from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority on 2020-12-09 to begin flying the Dawn Mk-II Aurora.
Dawn Aerospace worked with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority over the last 18 months to design flight procedures and systems for safe integration with other aircraft users.
Dawn Aerospace plans first flights of the Mk-II Aurora in 2021 from a remote, uninhabited airport on the South Island of New Zealand.
Dawn Aerospace’s second propulsion system is scheduled to launch on an Indian PSLV in the second quarter of 2020 on a cubesat for Hiber.
Dawn Aerospace has achieved more than $1,000,000 in sales.
Dawn Aerospace has raised a little over $2,000,000.
Tuhua Ventures led Dawn Aerospace’s seed round in 2018.
Dawn Aerospace built three flight-ready propulsion systems for cubesats in 2019 and eight larger thrusters for microsatellites in 2019.