Dawn Aerospace

Company with sites in New Zealand, Europe and the US that sells non-toxic, refuelable thrusters for satellites, with more than 200 flying on over 50 spacecraft, and is building Aurora, a reusable rocket-powered uncrewed spaceplane.

Products, by altitude

Edge of space · 80–160 km

Testing
Aurora spaceplane
Rocket spaceplane that flies to space from a runway, again

On the ground · 0 km · Earth’s surface

In service
SatDrive and CubeDrive thrusters
Satellite thrusters that run on nontoxic nitrous-oxide propellant

Known rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Led by
Jun 2026	Series B	$25M	Balerion Space Ventures⁠¹
Dec 2022	Funding round (series not stated)	$20M	Icehouse Ventures⁠²
May 2021	Venture round	Undisclosed	Movac⁠³

Milestones

Oct 2026 Broke ground on a $7.5 million mission control facility and spaceplane hangar at the Infinity One spaceport in Burns Flat, Oklahoma. Company statement⁠⁴

Sources

3DPrint.comJun 30, 2026
Silicon CanalsDec 8, 2022
Via SatelliteMay 27, 2021
Dawn Aerospace newsOct 14, 2026

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