Space Industry Association of Australia chief executive Maria MacNamara has stepped down from the job just three months after joining the national peak body. Ms MacNamara announced her departure...
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Australia’s space treaty with the United States will be ratified and come into force later this year after winning broad support from lawmakers during a five-month parliamentary inquiry. A...
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Monash University has bolstered its space industry credentials through the appointment of inaugural Australian Space Agency chief and former CSIRO CEO Dr Megan Clark as chancellor, and the recruiting...
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The board advising the Australian Space Agency has been emptied while the Industry department conducts a sweeping review of the agency’s three-pronged governance structure. The review, which could result...
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The countdown toward the launch of the first Australian designed and manufactured orbital rocket remains on hold as Gilmour Space Technologies’ long wait for an official launch permit from...
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A lack of clarity in a treaty protecting US space tech coming to Australia could undermine the spirit of incoming defence export licence exemptions, a parliamentary committee has been...
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Adelaide spacetech Southern Launch will attempt to send an 11.5 metre candle wax powered German rocket into sub-orbit on Thursday from its Koonibba test range in the state’s far...
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Three Australian space companies will share in $18 million in federal government grants aimed at deepening the sector’s relationship with India. The grants, which did not require co-contributions, have...
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The Gilmour Space Technologies team working toward Australia’s first sovereign orbital launch has “throttled-back” the pace of their work as the company waits on a final launch permit from...
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The New South Wales government is planning to review the state’s four-year-old space industry strategy as part of a wider and ongoing reset of industry, innovation and trade policy....
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The Space Industry Association of Australia has a new chief executive in Maria MacNamara, a serial board director and former adviser to Arthur Sinodinos during his time as a...
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Australia’s largest privately built satellite is lost in space, with owner Space Machines Company unable to establish and maintain communications with its Optimus spacecraft. Built by the Sydney startup,...
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Queensland deputy Premier and Treasurer Cameron Dick was an early champion of Gilmour Space Technologies’ plan to design, build and launch an orbital vehicle from a Queensland spaceport. In...
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Grants up to $100,000 will be on offer later this month for South Australian-based startups and small businesses to work with international partners on low-cost access to space or...