Dawn Aerospace
Reusable rocket-powered aircraft that fly to space and return to a runway
- Founded:
- 2017
- Location:
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Website:
- dawnaerospace.com
- Vehicle:
- Mk-II Aurora
- Also builds:
- Green propulsion systems for satellites
- What they do:
- Reusable rocket-powered spaceplanes
Dawn Aerospace
Reusable rocket-powered aircraft that fly to space and return to a runway
Dawn Aerospace is developing reusable, suborbital spaceplanes — rocket-powered vehicles that take off and land on conventional runways. Their Mk-II Aurora vehicle is designed to fly multiple times per day, radically reducing the cost and turnaround time of accessing space.
Founded by Stefan Powell and James Powell, Dawn operates from Christchurch with flight testing conducted at airfields in New Zealand and the Netherlands. The company also produces green propulsion systems for satellites.
Why Noteworthy
While Rocket Lab put New Zealand on the space map with orbital launch, Dawn Aerospace is building the next paradigm: aircraft that happen to go to space. Runway-to-runway reusability is the kind of engineering ambition that defines a generation.
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