space manufacturing

Rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have greeted the new year with a successful 110-kilonewton test fire of the most powerful rocket engine ever developed in Australia. 

The Tasmanian government has announced a new initiative, the Tasmanian Space Technology Seed Fund, which will help to support local businesses in exploring and entering the fast-growing space economy. 

Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft, Binar-1, has been deployed into Low Earth Orbit from the International Space Station (ISS), five weeks following its launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. 

Alexandra Cooper speaks with the Australian Space Agency deputy head, Anthony Murfett, Titomic executive director and CTO, Jeff Lang, and Monash University’s School of Physics and Astronomy associate professor, Michael Brown, to uncover where the opportunities lie for our future in space.  

Caroline Tung interviewed researchers at RMIT to find out more about a prototype being developed in Australia that could help determine if humans can settle on the Moon.  

The Australian Space Manufacturing Network are supporting a $150 million bid for the Modern Manufacturing Initiative – Collaboration (MMIC) stream,  to recognise the growing market opportunities for new space products and services. Satellites with sensors and cameras that detect bushfires within minutes, provide real-time crop data to farmers, connect our remote towns and communities; and … Continue reading Australian Space Manufacturing Network makes $150 million bid for MMI funding →

CUAVA-1, the ninth Australian designed and built spacecraft, has successfully launched onboard a Space-X Falcon 9 SpX-23 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral in the US. 

Q-CTRL, a University of Sydney spin-off quantum technology company, will develop quantum technology solutions to be used for near earth observation and remote sensing. 

The federal government has provided the Australian National University (ANU) with a $2.5 million grant to establish a National Space Qualification Network (NSQN), offering end-to-end payload testing services to manufacturers.  The funding will mean the ANU and its space research partners can ensure that Australian-made satellites and other sensitive electronic equipment operates correctly in space.  Creating an end-to-end testing capability will save space … Continue reading National Space Qualification Network to boost testing capability →

Two local companies have received funding from the federal government to improve technical capabilities in Australia’s growing space sector, enabling a future role in NASA’s Moon to Mars project.  The second round of Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement grants follows the allocation of more than $1 million in the first round of grants in … Continue reading Moon to Mars grants boost Australian supply chain capabilities →

Global space companies have come to South Australia, with two major announcements during the convergence of space enterprises on Adelaide for the Space Forum and Australian Space Research Conference. Launch facility, Southern Launch, has signed its first agreement with a rocket company to have regular launches from its yet to be finalised rocket launch facility … Continue reading Global manufacturers to lift off from SA →

The Queensland state government has accepted or accepted in principle all 15 recommendations of the State Development, Natural Resources and Agricultural Industry Development Committee’s report into job creation opportunities in the space industry. Today, the space industry provides 2000 full-time positions and $760 million to Queensland’s economy. The report recommends that the Queensland government find … Continue reading Queensland accepts recommendations for space industry jobs →

South Australia has issued a global call for accelerators and incubators to run and deliver services to support space start-ups and early stage businesses grow jobs and develop new technology. The successful organisation(s) would be responsible for managing the recently announced Space Incubator and/or Space Accelerator grants programs. The programs will provide up to $900,000 … Continue reading SA committed to develop space industry →