The Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has unveiled the Compact Hybrid Optical-RF User Segment (CHORUS) prototype terminal to create more stable and secured military satellite communications at the 15th Australian Space Forum. Funded by SmartSat CRC, the technology embedded…
The Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is funding two PhD students to undertake an intensive ten-week internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, USA. Aspiring space leaders Anne Bettens, from the University of Sydney, and Emily Ahern,…
Adelaide-based Fleet Space Technologies has signed a $6.4 million contract with Australia’s Defence Space Command. The contract will see Fleet's next-generation of Centauri commercial satellites used to develop and demonstrate a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications system focused on…
The Adelaide-based SmartSat CRC is committing over $1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space as payloads on the Waratah Seed WS-1 (Waratah Seed) spacecraft, Australia’s first space qualification-focused ride-share mission, due…
British space organisation The Satellite Applications Catapult, the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), and the UK Government have announced a new space supply chain mapping tool to showcase UK and Australian space sector capabilities. Enabled by the Space Bridge, an…
US Software-as-a-Service company Antaris and Sydney-based Quasar Satellite Technologies have partnered to bring a breakthrough innovation in satellite constellation management to market. They will bring space-to-ground services through multi-beam phased array connectivity to market Under their agreement, Quasar’s digital multibeam…
Canberra-based EOS Space Systems has upgraded its membership of the SmartSat CRC from a supporting partner to become the 20th core partner alongside leading universities and global corporations such as Airbus, BAE Systems and Nova Systems. The company’s subsidiary, EM…
A University of Adelaide-led team has secured first place in a global AI competition organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The Satellite Pose Estimation Challenge 2021, which concluded in March, saw international teams compete to build custom AI software that…
The NSW government has opened the National Space Industry Hub in Eveleigh, Sydney. The hub forms part of Sydney’s Tech Central Precinct and offers office space, resources, mentoring and connections for emerging space ventures. It is delivered on behalf…