Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies has been granted Australian first orbital launch permit, enabling launch of its Eris rocket from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in north Queensland. The permit was granted by Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, and…
South Australian company Southern Launch and California-based Varda Space Industries, an American microgravity-enabled life sciences company, have received authorisation from the Australian Government for a series of satellite returns at the former’s Koonibba Test Range in country South Australia. The…
Neumann Space and the University of Melbourne have announced successful completion of the first in a series of on-orbit tests of the Neumann Drive, a novel electric propulsion system based on solid metal propellants, and one of a number of…
The Adelaide-based ELO2 Consortium has unveiled its pioneering lunar rover prototype, demonstrating Australia’s potential to support a future NASA Artemis mission to the Moon. The working rover is designed to collect and transport lunar regolith (Moon soil) to a NASA-run…
The Australian Space Agency, under its Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement Grants scheme, has funded the development of an Australian aerospace grade Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for use in various aerospace applications such as rockets, satellites,…
Australia’s first orbital launch facility has been granted a licence under the Space (Launches & Returns) Act 2018. Located within the Abbot Point State Development Area in north Queensland, the Bowen Orbital Spaceport is built and operated by Gold Coast-based Gilmour…
The Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat CRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA) to accelerate the growth of Australian and New Zealand space industries. SmartSat and NZSA will collaborate to develop…
The Brisbane-based ELO2 consortium has unveiled a prototype of what could become Australia’s first lunar rover. The consortium is working on the project under Stage 1 of the Australian Space Agency’s Moon to Mars Trailblazer program which aims to land the…
The University of Melbourne and the Italian Space Agency have successfully launched the SpIRIT nanosatellite mission, supported by the Australian Space Agency. The Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal nanosatellite (SpIRIT) was placed into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
German company HyImpulse Technologies plans to launch its SR75 hybrid propulsion sounding rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in the first quarter of 2024, subject to regulatory approval. The sub-orbital mission will be launched from, and touch down in,…