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Why the the Kanyini CubeSat is a giant leap for Australian space exploration

- November 10, 2022 3 MIN READ

It’s the multi-million-dollar satellite that will collect invaluable data from space once it takes off into the cosmos. But the pieces of the puzzle that make up the $6.5 million CubeSat mission, dubbed Kanyini, have been scattered across labs and workshops across South Australia – until now. Leading South Australian space companies have procured their… Read more »

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Virgin Orbit is going to set up a space launch base in Queensland

- September 21, 2022 2 MIN READ

Sir Richard Branson’s Nasdaq listed rocket launch company, Virgin Orbit, is setting up shop in Toowoomba, 100km west of Brisbane, taking up an offer to establish its third global launch site from local entrepreneurs the Wagner brothers. Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with ASX-listed Wagner Corporation (ASX: WGN), which operates… Read more »

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Rocket startup Gilmour Space is launching a ‘caravan’ into orbit in 2024

- September 20, 2022 2 MIN READ

Queensland rocket and satellite company, Gilmour Space, will launch Australia’s first ‘Caravan’ to space in late 2024, with a payload of multiple satellites for low earth orbits (LEO), as part of a “rideshare” model for other space startups. CEO and cofounder Adam Gilmour said that unlike most rocket launches which host a primary customer payload,… Read more »

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Cicada Innovations signs deal with Indian space-tech incubator mach33.aero

- July 29, 2022 2 MIN READ

The Sydney-based National Space Industry Hub at deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations is partnering with one of India’s largest aviation, aerospace and space-tech incubators, mach33.aero to support space entrepreneurs across both nations with their global and beyond ambitions. The Bangalore-based fellow deep tech incubator is India’s first public-private partnership to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in… Read more »

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Adelaide’s $66 million Space Manufacturing Hub lands $20m federal grant

- March 3, 2022 2 MIN READ

The Australian Government has backed plans to build a $66 million Adelaide-based manufacturing hub for the space industry with a $20 million grant towards the project. The Space Manufacturing Hub, first revealed last December, is a collaboration between the South Australian government and four local startups: nano-satellite maker Fleet Space Technologies, quantum technologies developer Q-CTRL and… Read more »

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South Australia is getting a 2nd rocket launch site, this time on the Eyre Peninsula

- July 14, 2021 2 MIN READ

South Australia’s reputation as the centre for the nation’s space startups has been boosted by federal government approval for a second rocket launch facility licence on the state’s Eyre Peninsula. The licence has gone to four-year-old space startup Southern Launch to establish a sub-orbital rocket testing facility at Whalers Way, near Port Lincoln, 680km west… Read more »