Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch, TestFlight 1, of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket. Although this first flight lasted only 14 seconds the company has described it as a major milestone toward…
Sydney-based Advanced Navigation a world leader in navigation and autonomous systems, has received a $856,077 grant from the Australian Government through the Australian Space Agency. The Moon to Mars Initiative: Supply Chain Capability Improvement grant will accelerate development of an…
Five Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have won $3.6 million in Moon to Mars: Supply Chain Capability Improvement Grants from the Australian Space Agency. This grant program provides Australian businesses with funds to build their capabilities to deliver products…
The Australian Space Agency has selected the ELO2 consortium, led by Brisbane-based autonomy expert EPE, to build Australia’s first lunar rover in a $42 million program. NASA has contracted the Australian Space Agency to develop and deliver an Australian-made, semi-autonomous…
Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies has been granted Australian first orbital launch permit, enabling launch of its Eris rocket from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in north Queensland. The permit was granted by Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, and…
South Australian company Southern Launch and California-based Varda Space Industries, an American microgravity-enabled life sciences company, have received authorisation from the Australian Government for a series of satellite returns at the former’s Koonibba Test Range in country South Australia. The…
Neumann Space and the University of Melbourne have announced successful completion of the first in a series of on-orbit tests of the Neumann Drive, a novel electric propulsion system based on solid metal propellants, and one of a number of…
The Adelaide-based ELO2 Consortium has unveiled its pioneering lunar rover prototype, demonstrating Australia’s potential to support a future NASA Artemis mission to the Moon. The working rover is designed to collect and transport lunar regolith (Moon soil) to a NASA-run…
The Australian Space Agency, under its Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement Grants scheme, has funded the development of an Australian aerospace grade Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for use in various aerospace applications such as rockets, satellites,…
Australia’s first orbital launch facility has been granted a licence under the Space (Launches & Returns) Act 2018. Located within the Abbot Point State Development Area in north Queensland, the Bowen Orbital Spaceport is built and operated by Gold Coast-based Gilmour…