Tag: Australian space agency

Watch this space: Sector waits on new govt policies

The Australian government has agreed to only a handful of the 38 space industry development recommendations it received a year ago, resisting calls to provide more specific funding to the sector and review procurement policies. The report was originally handed to the previous Coalition government but only received a...

WA remote space operations complex opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia’s space sector has hit another milestone with the opening of the state government-funded Space Automation, AI and Robotics Control Complex. Established and operated by Dutch geological data...

Sydney to host global space conference in 2025

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Sydney will host the 2025 International Aeronautical Congress, the world’s largest gathering of academics, industry, space agencies, and other stakeholders in the space sector. The successful bid was a...

Govt chips in $4m to new deep space antenna in WA

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Construction has begun on a new deep space antenna in regional Western Australia, with the new Labor government chipping in $4 million to the project which will see $29...

Six space firms share in $5.5m from Moon to Mars program

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Six Australian space firms have shared in just under $5.5 million as part of the latest round of the federal government’s Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement grants....

NASA partners with Australian Space Agency on earth observation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
NASA will partner with the Australian Space Agency on earth observation following Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s $1.2 billion funding of Australia’s National Space Mission. The Australian Space Agency and NASA...

More moolah for Moon to Mars projects

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Grants worth $1.2 million have been shared among three Australian space companies under round four of the Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement program. The $150 million program...