🇯🇵 Great Energy at ISIEX 2025! 🚀 It’s been an honour showcasing Dawn Aerospace’s rocket-powered aircraft alongside ANA (All Nippon Airways Trading) at Japan’s largest space industry event. And a big thanks to NZTE for their support in co-hosting our booth and strengthening the collaboration between New Zealand and Japan in aerospace innovation. 🌏 #ISIEX2025 #DawnAerospace #NZTE #ANATrading #SpaceInnovation
Dawn Aerospace
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Christchurch, Christchurch 36,842 followers
Delivering scalable and sustainable space transportation.
About us
Based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States, Dawn Aerospace’s mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing dramatically more scalable and sustainable ways to access and move around in space. Spaceplane Dawn’s suborbital and orbital rocket-powered planes operate much like a fleet of aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally at airports. Mk-II is a suborbital plane designed to fly 100 km above the Earth and aims to be the first vehicle to access space multiple times per day. An active test flight program of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has seen 40+ flights completed. The vehicle serves as a technology demonstrator for the two-stage-to-orbit vehicle, the Mk-III. In-space propulsion Dawn is now a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites. Dawn propulsion technology often achieves superior performance than traditional hydrazine systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination; nitrous oxide and propylene. Having proven this technology on orbit for both CubeSats and small satellites, Dawn propulsion systems have now flown on Vega, Falcon 9, and Soyuz launchers.
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- Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Christchurch, Christchurch
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
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📦🛰️ Another SatDrive shipped to a happy customer! 🛰️📦 A great end to the week with John Haukkala, our new Senior Global Supply Chain Manager! 🌟 John, we're pumped to have you on board—welcome to the world of space! 🌌🌏
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🇫🇷🤝🇳🇿 Strengthening Ties We had the honour of hosting the New Zealand Ambassador to France, Caroline Bilkey, at Dawn Aerospace in Toulouse yesterday. Her visit highlighted the strong connections between New Zealand and our growing presence in the French and 🇪🇺 European markets. Thank you Caroline Bilkey and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Trade Commissioner Tara Druce for your encouragement and for championing opportunities for growth and innovation of the green propulsion industry! 🛰️✅ #Innovation #Partnerships #NewZealand #France #Aerospace
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Congrats Matthew Gialich and the team at AstroForge, super exciting to see Odin reach this milestone!🌟 🛰️⛽️ This marks our 4th customer fueling in just 2 months—an epic achievement showcasing the rapid rise of green propulsion off to space! 🌌✅
We’ve made it to the last place Odin will touch Earth—the Payload Processing Facility at the Cape. It’s moments like these that remind us how close we are to creating the future we want to live in: a future where the exploration of the cosmos isn’t measured in billions but in millions. This is our first test, and we expect to learn a lot. But unlike anyone else before us, we get to try.
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We're putting hardware into space faster than any other green propulsion company out there 💚🛰️. Already 24 satellites in orbit, and loads more launching soon! Reach out today to put your mission's propulsion in the trusted hands of Dawn's experts 🙌 👉 https://lnkd.in/gyCFAsS #heritage #GreenPropulsion #NitrousRevolution
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🇯🇵 We’re proud to join All Nippon Airways at the International Space Industry Exhibition (ISIEX) 2025 in Tokyo this week! We look forward to seeing you there to share more about the recent supersonic flights of our rocket-powered aircraft✈️, and green propulsion now on 24 satellites in orbit 🛰️. 📍 ANA Booth, Tokyo Big Sight 📅 January 29–31 Japan’s longstanding commitment and innovation for aviation and space excellence are inspiring to see, and empowering to be part of! #ISIEX2025 #ANATrading #Japan
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Ever wonder how satellites help Earth? 🌏🌎🌍 It’s not always obvious, but we think its seriously impressive how #SpaceTech is helping solve some of our planet’s biggest challenges! Dive into the full story in the link below to hear about how one of our constellation customers, @PixxelSpace, is transforming industries like 🛰️🌲 forest monitoring 🛰️🌾 agriculture, and 🛰️💦water management 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dUHyc5n8 #SpaceTech #Sustainability #Constellation #LEO
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🎙️New podcast up with Payload! In this episode, our CEO Stefan Powell speaks about: 🚀 From Student Rocket Club to Business Venture 🛰️ Satellite Propulsion: Why Dawn’s safer, scalable alternatives to traditional satellite fuel are gaining traction in the market—and how they enable near-term revenue. ✈️Aurora’s Breakthrough Flight: Hitting Mach 1.1, testing supersonic aerodynamics, and the path toward suborbital flight capabilities. 💸 Hypersonics & Beyond: Why government R&D and military programs are pouring billions into hypersonics research—and how Dawn plans to help solve the “access-to-test-time” gap. 🛫🌌 Aircraft-Like Space Access: Dawn’s long-term vision for truly rapid, reusable, runway-based vehicles that could revolutionize launch operations. 🌏 Building for the Future, One Step at a Time: How Dawn thinks about scaling, capital efficiency, and bridging near-term commercial opportunities with an ambitious roadmap. …and much, more. 🔗 Links: - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/d8NMRHFQ - Apple: https://lnkd.in/dfvKRH2n - YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gv-2T7gG
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As the space industry rapidly evolves, one thing is clear: safe, scalable chemical propulsion systems are no longer optional—they’re essential. For rideshare launches where 100+ payloads can share a rocket, propulsion systems must ensure reliability and safety at every stage—including safe, efficient fueling at the launch pad.Nitrous oxide-based propulsion, unlike traditional hydrazine, delivers: ✅ Safer fueling: Non-toxic and easy to handle, requiring only basic PPE like safety glasses. ✅ Rideshare-friendly safety: Harmless dispersal in case of leaks—minimizing risks to neighboring payloads. ✅ Extreme scalability: Proven from CubeSats to interplanetary missions, with thrust ranges from 1N to 25,000N. ✅ Cost-effective: Simplified logistics save time and money. Dawn's Track Record: 🚀 Dawn propulsion is onboard 11 of the last 12 SpaceX transporter missions. 🚀x28 Dawn thrusters launched on Transporter-12 alone, across six satellites, including four SatDrive systems. 🔹Over 100 Dawn thrusters on orbit to date. 🔹Propulsion for customers like Pixxel, AstroForge, Blue Canyon Technologies, Perigee, and more. Join the green chemical propulsion revolution! ➡️ Read more https://lnkd.in/dac-HznH #nitrous #greenpropulsion #rideshare
Nitrous-Based Propulsion: The Ideal Choice for Rideshare Launches — Dawn Aerospace
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🌟 New mission patch!🌟 Got to celebrate hitting over 100 thrusters in space! Plus, a nod to the incredible ways space-tech benefits Earth, like forest monitoring. 🛰️ 🌲🌲🌲 #100ThrustersInSpace #Earth #Sustainability #GreenPropulsion
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