South Australian company Southern Launch has been granted all approvals for the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex located on the tip of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Work on permanent facilities will begin in earnest with the first launches…
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…
Canadian rocket manufacturer Reaction Dynamics will conduct the inaugural launch and flight of its RE-102 hybrid rocket engine and Aurora vehicle from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in South Australia in 2025. The Aurora suborbital mission will serve as the…
South Australian spaceport provider Southern Launch and Queensland hypersonic vehicle and scramjet technology manufacturer Hypersonix Launch Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a turnkey hypersonic test bed service. Under the MoU, Hypersonix and Southern Launch…
Heilbronn-based German rocket manufacturer HyImpulse has successfully conducted the maiden launch of its SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in South Australia in a milestone achievement for commercial launch capabilities in Australia. The single-stage SR75 rocket, which reached…
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,…
South Australia will become a hub for an in-space manufacturing industry after California-based Varda Space Industries and Southern Launch announced a partnership to conduct re-entry operations at the Koonibba Test Range. The first such mission is scheduled for mid-2024. Varda…
Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation will begin work on Australia’s first permanent commercial sub-orbital space launch facility after planning consent was granted for the Koonibba Test Range in country South Australia. “The development of permanent, world-class facilities…
Australian firm Southern Launch has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK-based Space Forge to explore satellite return possibilities at Koonibba Test Range on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Space Forge is developing a world-first service for the launch and…
Australian spaceport and space mission provider Southern Launch has been awarded an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Grant to help develop its mobile launch rail. The almost $1 million grant will enable Southern Launch to design, construct, and commission a…