SpaceX’s Starlink satellites will be trialled for voice services in regional and remote areas across Australia under a $6 million federal government contract with PwC public sector advisory offshoot...
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South Australian launch operator Southern Launch will attempt Australia’s first commercial space re-entry early next year at its Koonibba Test Range after receiving clearance from the Australian government. The...
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Canadian rocket maker Reaction Dynamics will test its hybrid rocket propulsion technology in South Australia next year after signing a contract with launchpad operator Southern Launch. Reaction Dynamics will...
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South Australian startup Paladin Space will continue developing a reusable space debris remover in Adelaide after landing a $100,000 grant from the state government. The company will work with the...
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A space industry strategy has been launched by the Western Australian government to drive greater economic diversity through space research commercialisation and technology transfer. Released on Thursday, the six-year...
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Gilmour Space Technologies has successfully puts its Eris launch vehicle through a critical wet-test rehearsal, taking the orbital rocket to within ten seconds of launch. As the company continues...
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Space technology startup HEO will add a new source of high resolution satellite imagery to its non-Earth imaging platform after partnering with BlackSky, a US-based space intelligence company. The...
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Hanwha signed three new local defence industry partnerships and renewed its collaboration agreement with Deakin University last week at the Land Forces 2024 conference in Melbourne. The industry agreements...
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The destructive weather systems that caused havoc in Tasmania in the past week reached as far as Bowen in Queensland, with Gilmour Space Technologies having to pull its Eris...
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South Australia’s first state-owned and manufactured research satellite has launched into low-Earth orbit, hitching a ride on a SpaceX smallsat rideshare program mission over the weekend. The launch on...
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The second Australian lunar rover competing for deployment on NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon has been unveiled following a year and a half of development. Work on the...
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Local space technology startup HEO is using its growing fleet of in-space cameras to document and survey other satellites, creating what the company says is the world’s largest privately-held...
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Australia will revamp a 45-year-old Alice Springs ground station and hire dozens of staff to support it over at least 15 years to ensure continued access to Earth observation...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly in talks with US and Australian government officials over a plan to land and recover one of its Starship launch vehicles off the coast...