Tag: Space

Gig Guide: Equatorial Launch poaches Hypersonix talent

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Equatorial Launch Australia’s new head of business development is Nina Patz, who leaves Hypersonix Launch Systems after more than three and a half years. Ms Patz moves to the...

Rocket motor maker relaunches with Go1 co-founder backing

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australian solid rocket motor manufacturer Black Sky Industries has rebranded and launched test and manufacturing facilities in Queensland with backing from the co-founder of edtech unicorn Go1. The firm,...

HEO chalks up ‘fly-by’ satellite imaging high

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
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...

Australia locks into Landsat with $449m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

Gilmour Space to launch hypersonics testbed

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Local space technology company Gilmour Space will launch a suborbital flight test service for hypersonic vehicles as demand grows for high-speed test facilities in Australia. The new HyPeRsonic Flight...

New rules to slash approval times for $1b space sector

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Licences to launch rockets into space from Australia will be granted earlier and failed missions won’t necessarily need forensic outside investigation under reforms announced on Wednesday to rebalance safety...

$18m space manufacturing facility launches

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Space research Trailblazer iLAuNCH has opened its $18 million advanced manufacturing facility at the University of South Australia. The 3D metal printing facility is located in Adelaide’s Camden Park,...

Space Industry Association chief exits

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...