Future actions include Dawn establishing a presence at CASP, working with CASP to create a relationship with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and, eventually, conducting test flights and spaceplane launches.

Dawn Aerospace has today announced significant backing from NZ’s largest tech investment firm, Movac.

D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier has performed hundreds of in-space firings of each Dawn Aerospace B20 thruster.

Dawn Aerospace will conduct a feasibility study with DLR (German Aerospace Center) to increase the performance of a nitrous-oxide-based green propellant for satellites and deep-space missions.

This MIT R&D collaboration is focused on developing a low-power radar system for the Mk-II Aurora that will detect other aircraft. The new sense and avoid capabilities will support unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) certification across Europe.

Hiber estimates that using Dawn’s CubeSat propulsion will result in Hiber Three’s arrival at the desired orbit three months faster than using electric propulsion.

Hiber Four satellite launches on SpaceX’s dedicated rideshare mission: Transporter-1 with Dawn Aerospace’s green propulsion technology

In a world-first, the NZ Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has granted Dawn Aerospace an Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certificate to fly a suborbital spaceplane from a conventional airport.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has granted €385K to launch provider, Dawn Aerospace for novel 3D printing techniques on rocket engines.

The launch marks a significant milestone in the world of space hardware compliance. Vega launched the first-ever ECSS compliant propulsion system made using 3D printing.

Christchurch based start-up, Dawn Aerospace, has been awarded “Hi-Tech Start-up Company of the Year” at the 2020 NZ Hi-Tech awards.

Today Dawn Aerospace unveiled its new suborbital spaceplane, the “Dawn Mk-II Aurora”, ahead of an intensive 12 month flight test campaign. The Aurora is the latest development in a series of test vehicles that will one day launch satellites to space.

The B20 qualification thruster has been put through its paces over the last three months, clocking up thousands of burns in preparation for flight. It is now getting close to the end and we wanted to share some preliminary results.

Dawn Aerospace will be at this year’s Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference presenting the Mk-II suborbital vehicle.

The winning individual or team will receive a free payload flight to 100km altitude on the Mk-II in the South Island of New Zealand, valued at ~USD 50,000.

Dawn Aerospace is pleased to announce the signing of an MOU with the Waitaki District Council for suborbital flights out of Oamaru Airport, New Zealand.

Dawn’s nitrous oxide and propene CubeSat propulsion module has proven ready for use in the deep vacuum of space. Backed by the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), testing of Dawn’s unique propulsion technology began last week at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

Dawn has completed the construction of its large in-house vacuum chamber. This was done in support of the D-Orbit ION satellite test campaign, but further enhances our capabilities for rapid iterations on all propulsion products.

The NZ Government is supporting in the development of Dawn’s environmentally friendly satellite propulsion technology, aimed at displacing the deadly toxic fuel hydrazine through its $3 million Catalyst Space Fund.

Dawn will be joining this year’s Reinventing Space (RiS) Conference, 12-14 November 2019 in Belfast. Come listen to CEO, Jeroen Wink talk about Dawn’s PM200 green bi-propellant propulsion module qualification testing and in-orbit demonstration.