The Australian Space Surveillance Telescope (SST), located at Exmouth in Western Australia, has achieved Final Operational Capability (FOC). The SST will give the ADF and allied nations greater awareness of artificial objects orbiting Earth. Defence and the USAF agreed to…
Australia will install the Northrop Grumman Deep-space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) near Exmouth, WA. The radar is expected to be operational by 2026. The decision was announced during the second AUKUS Ministers’ meeting in California. All three AUKUS partners –…
Australia’s Defence Space Command moved from the Royal Australian Air Force to the Joint Capabilities Group (JCG) on 1 July as part of the Australian Government’s response to the Defence Strategic Review (DSR). Additionally, No. 1 Space Surveillance Unit (1SSU)…
Defence, in collaboration with the United States Space Force (USSF), has achieved Initial Operational Capability of the WA-based Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) to provide greatly enhanced Space Domain Awareness (SDA). As announced at the 2012 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN),…