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Dawn Aerospace completed 50 flight tests of the Mk-II Aurora under both jet and rocket power since the vehicle’s first flight in July 2021, operating under more restrictive licenses.
Dawn Aerospace’s propulsion team is preparing improvements for flight tests that will take the Mk-IIA to supersonic speeds and above 20 km altitude in early 2024 to complete the Mk-IIA test campaign.
Dawn Aerospace’s propulsion team worked on improvements in preparation for flight tests planned to take the Mk-II Aurora to supersonic speeds and above 20 km altitude in early 2024 to complete the Mk-IIA test campaign.
Dawn Aerospace completed a full-duration, bi-propellant test of the Mk-IIA rocket engine by firing it for 112 seconds at its test facility in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Dawn Aerospace’s subscale technology demonstrator, the Mk-II Aurora, has completed 50 test flights, including 47 flights with surrogate jet engines and three flights under rocket power.
Dawn Aerospace received certification from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority on 2023-03-24 to begin rocket-powered flights.
Dawn Aerospace plans to develop the Mk-III, a two-stage orbital vehicle capable of carrying over 1,000 kg on a suborbital flight or delivering a 250 kg satellite to low Earth orbit with an expendable second stage.
Dawn Aerospace raised $20,000,000 late last year.
Dawn Aerospace completed 48 test flights using jet engines to validate all non-rocket systems of the Mk-II Aurora.
Dawn Aerospace completed 48 test flights using jet engines that validated all non-rocket systems of the Mk-II Aurora.
Dawn Aerospace scheduled rocket-powered flight tests of the Mk-II Aurora to begin in the first quarter of 2023.
Dawn Aerospace raised $20,000,000 to expand its in-space propulsion products and extend spaceplane development.
The Dawn Mk-II Aurora is a rocket-powered spaceplane demonstrator developed by Dawn Aerospace.
Dawn Aerospace closed $22,000,000 of deals in 2022 and has about $150,000,000 of deals in negotiation.
Dawn Aerospace is active in reusable launch vehicle development and operates an active test flight program of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane demonstrator with more than 30 flights completed.
Dawn Aerospace completed 48 flights of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane technology demonstrator over the last 13 months.
Dawn Aerospace completed 48 flights of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane technology demonstrator over the last 13 months to complete Phase One testing using surrogate jet engines.
Dawn Aerospace secured a contract to provide propulsion for Pixxel’s hyperspectral imaging constellation.
In the last 12 months Dawn Aerospace had several propulsion systems launched to space totaling 21 thrusters powering a variety of satellites, including cubesats and orbital transfer vehicles.
Dawn Aerospace received approval from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority on 2020-12-09 to begin flying the Dawn Mk-II Aurora.