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Dawn Aurora Suborbital Flight Service

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Dawn Aerospace Aurora is an uncrewed rocket-powered spaceplane service for routine suborbital access, payload testing, microgravity, high-altitude and high-speed flight profiles. Dawn lists a 100 km maximum altitude, Mach 3.7 top-speed target, 4 hour turnaround, and payload accommodation up to 15 kg on the Aurora vehicle page.

Dawn Aurora Suborbital Flight Service is an uncrewed, rocket-powered spaceplane service operated by Dawn Aerospace, offering suborbital access for payload testing, microgravity research, atmospheric science, and high-speed flight profiles.^[1] The vehicle is the Dawn Mk-II Aurora, based in Christchurch, New Zealand and Oklahoma, United States as of mid-2026.^[2] The vehicle targets a maximum altitude of roughly 100 km with a top speed of Mach 3.7 and a headline turnaround time of 4 hours between flights.^[1]^[3] Operator pages list 15 kg as the headline maximum payload mass; payload bay text and home-page summary state 10 kg for custom payloads.^[1]^[2]^[3] Flight profiles include suborbital trajectories, microgravity and altered-gravity arcs, optical-payload pointing, and boost-glide high-Mach runs.^[2] Flight history lists campaigns for customers including Scout Space, Arizona State University, Cal Poly, Johns Hopkins APL, and a DARTE radar tracking campaign.^[4]

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[1]Dawn Aerospace Aurora spaceplane overviewoperator marketing2026-06-10
[2]Dawn Aerospace Aurora payloads and missionsoperator marketing2026-06-10
[3]Dawn Aerospace official websiteoperator marketing2026-06-10
[4]Dawn Aerospace Aurora flight campaignsoperator marketing2026-06-10

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@misc{eoatlas:launch_services:dawn-aurora-suborbital-flight-service,
  title = {Dawn Aurora Suborbital Flight Service},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/launch_services/dawn-aurora-suborbital-flight-service}
}