Gilmour Space Technologies plans Australia’s first ‘caravan’ space mission in 2024
The mission, which will be known as Caravan-1, will be carrying multiple satellites and payloads into low Earth orbits.
The businesses turning the Gold Coast into Australia’s ‘Silicon Beach’
Gold Coast innovative high-tech startups making everything from rockets to world-first artificial hearts are helping launch a Queensland jobs bonanza over the next decade.
Cicada Innovations to run $2.1 million National Space Industry Hub
The hub will be based at Sydney’s Tech Central — a precinct that Premier Gladys Berejiklian has previously compared to Silicon Valley.
SA continues leading the Australian space race with new licence granted to Southern Launch
Three test rockets are set to be launched from South Australia within months, after the company behind the launchpad complex secured a licence from the Australian Space Agency.
As Gilmour Space secures $61 million, here are seven Aussie startups heading into orbit
Gilmour Space's $61 million raise proves the Aussie space tech scene is attracting interest — and investment. Here are seven key players.
South Australian space startups reveal plans for international industry growth
Last week, three South Australian startups announced they are furthering their plans to support the international space industry.
CSIRO and partners back new space startup Quasar Satellite Technologies with $12 million in funding
Quasar Satellite Technologies will build space communications technology using an Australian-based team.
International startups to relocate to SA for Venture Catalyst Space, Australia’s first dedicated space incubator
Each of the startups will receive $10,000 in funding and support from the South Australian government, with the international companies receiving the funds once they commit to relocating to South Australia.
South Australian startup secures $3.2 million government contract for its space-traffic tech
Silentium Defence has secured a $3.2 million contract to advance and deploy its passive radar system for monitoring traffic in space.
South Australia’s space incubator is looking for the next Elon Musk
Australia’s first space industry incubator, the Venture Catalyst Space program, has opened applications for its third intake and is looking to help international companies.
What you gon’ do with all that junk? Why space needs a recycling station
There are more than one million bits of space junk in Earth’s orbit, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rockets.
‘Space unicorns’: Myriota secures Australian Space Agency partnership in latest boost to Aussie industry
Nanosatellite startup Myriota has signed a statement of strategic intent with the Australian Space Agency, and it's not the only one seeing success.