September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... November it launched the first space strategy of any Australian jurisdiction: ‘The Space Innovation and Growth Strategy (South Australia): Action Plan 2016-2020’, which details the State’s vision through three main pillars, ‘knowledge’, ‘industry...
05 February 2020
Australia's first space incubator seeks global applicants for 2020 program
... in 2019 were Astrogate Labs (India), Lux Aerobot (Canada), FireFlight (South Australia), Nano Spaces (South Australia) and Aeon (by Lookinglass) (South Australia). Each received funding, workshops, mentoring and introductions to the Australian space...
20 November 2018
Goonhilly joins consortium to drive Australia’s space sector
... plans to drive the Australian space industry through satellite technologies and analytics. Led by the University of South Australia (UniSA), Airbus Defence and Space and Australian defence sector engineering specialist Nova Systems, in partnership...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
... (IAC) this September - the biggest conference in the global space community’s annual calendar [1]. Australia, and particularly the state of South Australia, has a long heritage in the space industry stretching back to the Woomera rocket range and...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... is part of a heritage precinct that also includes the National Railway Museum and the South Australian Maritime Museum. www.saam.org.au/ Woomera, South Australia Established in 1947 to test British long-range missiles and other weapons, Woomera...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... of space technologies and industries, the question persists as to how prepared Australia is to meet this future industry A test launch facility was established in Woomera, South Australia, in 1949 as a base for the United Kingdom to assess Germany...