Tag: Space Industry
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Liftoff: Fleet Space opens new ‘hyperfactory’ at Adelaide Airport
Fleet Space Technologies has officially opened its new global headquarters and space-tech hyperfactory at Adelaide Airport’s Catalyst Park. The facility – spanning 5300sqm – would boost the country’s advanced manufacturing capacity by enabling the production of thousands of next-generation geophysical sensors and hundreds of satellites per year. It brings Fleet Space’s business operations into a…
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Australian rocket crashes moments after launch in Queensland
The orbital rocket designed by Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies crashed shortly after liftoff early this morning. Eris took off from a spaceport in Bowen after being rescheduled several times this year due to weather and technical issues. The 30-tonne orbital rocket would have been the first Australia’s first launch in over fifty years. How it…
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Private investment in Australian space sector hits $300m
More than $300 million in private funds were invested in the Australian space sector last year, Australian Space Agency head Enrico Palermo said, in a sign of the growing maturity of the local industry. Speaking at the 18th Australian Space Forum on Tuesday, Palermo said there had been year on year growth in research and…
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Optus-led consortium to launch Adelaide-made satellite by 2028
Mobile phone giant Optus, Adelaide-based nanosatellite manufacturer Inovor Technologies, and the Australian Department of Defence’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) will combine to put a satellite into low earth orbit by early 2028, in a collaboration designed to demonstrate the unique capabilities developed by the Australian space industry in recent years. The consortium, which…
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Fleet Space valuation in orbit after $150 million capital raise
Fleet Space Technologies has landed a $150 million Series D that will be used to expand the capabilities of its critical minerals exploration tech ExoSphere. The raise – led by Teachers’ Venture Growth and joined by existing investors Blackbird Ventures, Hostplus, Horizons Ventures, Artesian Venture Partners and Alumni Ventures – gives the Beverley-based company an…
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Australians urged not to walk but to work on the moon
Australia’s first qualified astronaut doesn’t just want to walk on the moon, she wants to get science experiments running on it. And local researchers and start-ups would be uniquely qualified to play a role in a new era of space exploration, she says, for their expertise in robotics, software and innovation developed in fields such…
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Eyre Peninsula rocket launch site wins environmental approval
South Australian company Southern Launch yesterday received federal environmental approval for the development of its Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, located in a conservation zone around 25km southwest of Port Lincoln. The development, which still requires final approval from state Planning Minister Nick Champion, was yesterday approved by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek under the…
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The international collaboration sending students’ work to space
Project Space Call brought together students from Australia, Rwanda, Singapore, Ukraine, Colombia, the UAE and the United States to design and program a module that will go to space in a Robinson Aerospace cube satellite. CEO Edward Robinson, 21, told InDaily the project perfectly aligned with the work the company was already doing. “Our core…