Based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, France 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 spaceplanes operate much like a fleet of aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally at airports. The Aurora 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 Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has seen 60+ flights completed. In 2024 the Aurora broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.12 at 82,500 feet, and set a record for the fastest climb to 20 kilometers (65,600 feet). In-space propulsion Dawn is now a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites, as well as actively developing refueling in space with its LOOP program. 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 Electron, Vega, Falcon 9, and Soyuz launchers with over 175 thrusters in space across 44+ satellites and counting.
| Website | https://dawnaerospace.com/ |
| Revenue | $21.8 million |
| Funding | $21.5 million |
| Employees | 140 (106 on RocketReach) |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Phone | +31 6 28993121 |
| Industry | Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing |
| Keywords | Aerospace Engineering, Spacecraft, Space Transportation, Space Launch, Sustainable Space, Rocket, Space Technology, Space Access, Space Infrastructure, Satellite, Propulsion, Advanced Materials, Avionics, Flight Testing, Space Tourism, Composites |
| Competitors | SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, BLUE ORIGIN, The Aerospace Corporation, Relativity Space, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, Lockheed Martin +40 more (view full list) |
| SIC | SIC Code 37 Companies, SIC Code 376 Companies |
| NAICS | NAICS Code 3364 Companies, NAICS Code 33641 Companies, NAICS Code 33 Companies, NAICS Code 336 Companies |
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The Dawn Aerospace annual revenue was $21.8 million in 2026.
Stefan Powell is the CEO, CTO at Dawn Aerospace of Dawn Aerospace.
106 people are employed at Dawn Aerospace.
The NAICS codes for Dawn Aerospace are [3364, 33641, 33, 336].
The SIC codes for Dawn Aerospace are [37, 376].