Australian startup Space Machines Company only debuted its first rapid-response spacecraft designed to protect satellites eight months ago, but it already has its sights set on the next 100....
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The federal government’s $1.4 billion precision satellite project has moved into its next phase with British satellite giant Inmarsat securing a $252 million contract to continue services and launch...
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to streamline federal regulation governing commercial rocket launches, a move that would benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other private...
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The ACT government has abandoned plans for a dedicated space industry hub and will instead rely on the existing Canberra Cyber Hub to deliver two new programs focused on...
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Gilmour Space Technologies launched its maiden rocket from northern Queensland on Wednesday morning, but it crashed shortly after the historic take-off. The locally designed and manufactured rocket took off...
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The New Zealand government passed legislation on Wednesday to regulate the use of ground-based space infrastructure following concerns about foreign actors using it to harm national security. Space minister...
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Gilmour Space Technologies has pushed back its latest test flight attempt by 10 days, owing to windy conditions at the site of its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in northern Queensland....
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Gilmour Space Technologies engineers were rolling out the company’s Eris three-stage rocket from its vehicle assembly building on Monday evening ahead of its third launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday....
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An industry-government consortium led by Optus will build a low-Earth orbit satellite (LEOSat) in Australia, opening the door to a future constellation of sovereign satellites to rival Elon Musk’s...
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The Australian Space Agency remains without an advisory board more than 12 months after it was emptied as part of a far-reaching review of the agency’s governance arrangements. The...
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Gold Coast rocket company Gilmour Space has partnered with one of Asia’s largest payload service providers, Space BD, to begin offering its global satellite customers launch opportunities from Australia....
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If everything goes to plan, Gilmour Space Technologies’ ElaraSat satellite bus will be lifted to low earth orbit on Tuesday as a rideshare customer aboard the next SpaceX Transporter-14...
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A $20 million space manufacturing facility backed by the South Australian government will take at least another three years to complete, with construction only now set to get underway....
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Australia’s largest spacecraft manufacturing facility will be built in Sydney’s south and scale up to producing 20 spacecraft a year under a partnership between Space Machines Company and the...