Tag: SpaceX

Australia rolls out the red carpet to SpaceX

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s space regulator prepared bespoke support for SpaceX earlier this year to aid the company’s bid to land and recover a rocket off the coast of Western Australia, newly...

SA’s first state-owned satellite launches

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Amazon’s Starlink rival gets Aussie carrier approval

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Amazon has been granted regulatory approval to operate its forthcoming internet satellite service Project Kuiper in Australia, as the company sets its sights on customer trials of the Starlink...

SA govt-backed satellite readies for June launch

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The South Australian-made Kanyini cube satellite has reached its final manufacturing stage in the run up to its scheduled launch into low-Earth orbit in June. Adelaide-based internet of things...

Sydney-based startup Space Machines Company partners with SpaceX

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Sydney-based in-space logistics startup Space Machines Company has partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its spacecraft next year. Space Machines Company’s (SMC) Optimus Orbital Transfer Vehicle will ride...

WA made satellite ready for blast off

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A small satellite made from scratch in Western Australia will be aboard a SpaceX rocket that launches from the US on Saturday, representing the state’s first space mission in...