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Dawn Aerospace Unveils Their New Spaceplane

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Tom Patton
Aug 07, 2020
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A New Zealand-based aerospace company is on the path to revolutionising space transportation.

Dawn Aerospace, headquartered in Christchurch, recently unveiled its suborbital spaceplane, the “Mk-II Aurora”, ahead of an intensive 12 month flight test campaign.

The Mk-II Aurora is the latest development in a series of test vehicles that will one day launch s…

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