Space transportation company Dawn Aerospace has expanded its European headquarters moving into a new 1,700 square metre building to keep up with the growth of its satellite propulsion business.
While Dawn is often associated with the development of its spaceplane, the company also offers a range of turn-key propulsion systems for cubesats, smallsats, and orbital transfer vehicles. In November, the company revealed that its hardware is currently aboard 14 operational satellites and that several other satellites featuring Dawn hardware were being prepared for launch. The company’s satellite propulsion business is primarily managed by its European arm, leaving its New Zealand-based teams free to focus on the development and testing of its spaceplane.
Dawn announced on 20 March that it had moved into its new European headquarters in Delft, Netherlands. The company’s new home in Delft is 40% larger than its last and features 1,000 square metres of workshop space and 700 square metres of office space.
“Since starting the company in 2017, we’ve grown from 3 to over 50 employees working in Delft and signed over 20 customers for our propulsion systems. We had grown out of our old space,” said Dawn co-founder and COO Tobias Knop. “This new facility gives us the room we need to scale up our production and cater to our continued growth.”
The new workshop space will feature a larger cleanroom for assembly and integration, hot fire testing facilities, and additional space for research and development programmes.
Dawn’s new offices in Delft is the company’s second significant European expansion in less than six months. In November 2023, the company announced that it had formed a new subsidiary, Dawn Aerospace France. Based in Toulouse, the company’s French subsidiary will initially be focused on customer support, business development, and R&D
