Oklahoma breaks ground on $7.5 million Dawn Aerospace facility
A new mission control center and hangar in Burns Flat will support commercial spaceplane operations planned for 2027.
BURNS FLAT, Okla. (OBV) — Construction is moving forward on a $7.5 million facility to support Dawn Aerospace’s reusable spaceplane at Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport.
“Today represents a turning point for Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport,” said Grayson Ardies, CEO of OSIDA and executive director of ODAA. “For years, we’ve talked about Oklahoma’s potential in commercial spaceflight. Now we’re putting that potential into motion. Dawn Aerospace is bringing a fundamentally different approach to reaching space, one that uses a conventional runway rather than a traditional rocket launchpad. That’s exactly the kind of innovation we want to attract to Infinity One.”
State officials and company leaders broke ground Oct. 13 on the project, funded through an Oklahoma legislative appropriation. Plans include a 5,000-square-foot mission control and operations center and a 10,000-square-foot hangar.
Dawn plans to begin flying its Aurora spaceplane from Burns Flat in 2027. The rocket-powered aircraft uses conventional runways and is being developed for suborbital research, technology testing, and other high-altitude missions.
The facilities are expected to be completed in fall 2027, with space for mission management, payload preparation, avionics work, and aircraft maintenance.
