Dawn Aerospace’s Spaceplane Wins New Zealand Aircraft Certification
Dawn Aerospace thinks commercial suborbital flights could be sold on the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane, for instance to carry out Earth observation missions, microgravity research or in-situ atmospheric measurements.
Credit: Dawn Aerospace
Dawn Aerospace’s Mk. 2 Aurora spaceplane has received an aircraft certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. The company plans to use the certification to start a flight test campaign of the rocket-powered spaceplane in April, it said March 24. The Christchurch startup has...
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