ABOUT US

OVERVIEW

A Space Transportation Company

Dawn Aerospace is building a scalable, sustainable space transportation network, with the frequency and reliability of aviation to seamlessly connect the Earth and space economies. We don't know what will be the breakthrough application, only that they will need to get to space, and maneuver around in it.

Today, Dawn Aerospace builds flight-proven green chemical satellite propulsion systems, is developing in-space refueling capabilities, and is advancing a reusable spaceplane.

Spaceplane

In-Space Propulsion

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metal tanks and thrusters of a satellite propulsion system

Successful deployment of deep-space spacecraft Oden, equipped with Dawn Aerospace SatDrive propulsion on 27 February 2025. Image Credit: SpaceX

BY THE NUMBERS

GEOGRAPHIES

130+

PEOPLE

2017

FOUNDED

Heritage + Flight

207

THRUSTERS IN SPACE

SPACEPLANE

FLIGHTS

30+

GLOBAL

CUSTOMERS

Spaceplane mission patch, supersonic spaceplane mission patch and satellite mission patch

OVERVIEW

Our Founding Story

Dawn Aerospace was founded in 2017 by Stefan Powell, Jeroen Wink, James Powell, Robert Werner and Tobias Knop, with a shared vision to scale space mobility.

With strong roots in Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), and deep ties to New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority and aircraft certification ecosystem, the founding team brought together expertise in propulsion, aircraft design, and regulatory navigation.

From those beginnings, Dawn has grown into a global effort — with 130+ people work across the Netherlands, New Zealand, France and the USA, flown its spaceplane supersonic in 2024 to 82,000 ft, and had over 200 of its thrusters launched into orbit.

From our founding vision to today’s milestones, the thread remains the same: reliability, reusability, and scalability as the path to making space truly accessible.