Dawn Aerospace Mk-II Aurora

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Commercial version of this remotely-piloted, reusable, suborbital rocket plane. Horizontal take off and parabolic flight trajectory at Mach 3+. Remote pilot control with autonomous pilot-assist. Powered by Dawn Aerospace's single pump-fed HTP/kerosene bi-propellant 4300 N thrust rocket engine. In development, including next-generation Mk-IIB with projected Mach 3.5 speed.

Photo: Dawn Aerospace

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Remotely piloted, Autonomous

Engine type

Rocket

Application

Experimental, Utility, Spaceflight

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Planform

Delta

Tail

Tailless

Certification

Experimental-LSA

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Dawn Aerospace Mk-II Aurora	/ 2023		Rocket-powered spaceplane designed for aircraft-like operations, includes Mk-IIA.

Airframer

Dawn Aerospace

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