Dawn Aerospace Employee Directory
Aviation and Aerospace Component ManufacturingCanterbury, New Zealand51-200 Employees
Dawn Aerospace is a midsized aviation and aerospace components company with a base in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, and a multinational footprint that includes activities in Europe and North America. It develops the Aurora, a suborbital spaceplane designed to reach 100 kilometers and to enable frequent access to space from airports, with an active flight test program that has logged more than 60 flights and achieved notable speed and altitude milestones. The company also provides green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA and ESPA Grande-class satellites and has demonstrated in-space use on multiple launchers across dozens of satellites. Its customers are small-satellite developers and operators seeking scalable, sustainable space access and on-orbit capabilities. In April 2026, Dawn launched Loop, an on-orbit refueling network, marking a concrete step in satellite servicing and on-orbit operations.