Space
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UNSW team exploring mining water on the moon
First 5000 | February 8, 2019A team of UNSW Sydney engineers has an ambitious plan to prove the commercial viability of mining water from the moon to produce rocket fuel.
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Adelaide wins Australian Space Agency
First 5000 | December 12, 2018Australia’s Space Agency will be located in Adelaide, reinforcing South Australia’s long-standing contribution to the nation’s space journey which will drive entrepreneurship and innovation while enhancing the city’s liveability.
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Launching the Territory into the Billion dollar space industry
First 5000 | November 26, 2018Australia’s first commercial sub-orbital rocket was launched in Queensland last week (21 November), bearing the Territory’s Boundless Possible livery. The launch is a test for permanent launches from the Territory.
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Australia’s space industry reaches for the stars
Larry Marshall | October 16, 2018CSIRO’s Space Roadmap draws on its networks within the Australian space industry to inform the strategic direction being developed by the new space agency.
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Australian space experts star on TV
First 5000 | October 4, 2018Launching a new season of “Entrepreneurs” with a blast, a host of Australian space experts, including Sabre’s Jason Held, will explore the exciting and fast-growing, $350 billion, global market of space businesses and space tech.
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Gilmour Space secures $19 million to launch hybrid rockets into space
First 5000 | September 29, 2018Small satellite customers could soon be booking rides on new Australian rockets, as top local VCs set their sights on the final frontier.
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CSIRO challenges industry to support a bold ‘lunar’ challenge
First 5000 | September 25, 2018The latest industry roadmap published by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, encourages the growing domestic space sector to join with international partners to adopt a bold challenge — providing technological expertise to help to establish a human base on the Moon.
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French and Australian space agencies announce new collaboration
First 5000 | September 17, 2018The new Australian Space Agency and its French counterpart have announced plans to work together to take full advantage of the rapidly expanding global space industry.
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Queensland to launch inquiry into space race capabilities
First 5000 | September 7, 2018Regional Queensland’s ability to contribute towards the establishment of an Australian space industry will form an important part of a new state Parliamentary inquiry.
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Space firms blast off to US bootcamp
First 5000 | August 13, 2018Ten NSW space technology companies will be launched into an intensive bootcamp learning experience in the United States with the support of the NSW Government.
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Nanosatellite mission control station launched in South Australia
Jim Plouffe | July 29, 2018Fleet Space Technologies has opened a commercial tracking station to track and transmit data from nanosatellites in the Internet of Things global network.
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Saber Astronautics secures phase II defence contract
First 5000 | July 20, 2018Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a Phase II Defence Innovation Hub contract to improve its capability in detecting degraded electronic signals. Valued at $1,235,000, the work is the second of a potential three Phase project using Saber’s advanced machine learning capability.
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Canberra welcomes launch of Australian Space Agency
First 5000 | July 4, 2018UNSW Canberra Space will bring innovative technologies to collaborations with the newly launched Australian Space Agency.
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South Australia pursues downstream space economy
Jim Plouffe | June 24, 2018A report by the South Australian Space Industry Centre has determined that almost 1.5 million Australian companies need space-derived applications.
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West Australia bids to house Australia’s new space agency
First 5000 | June 12, 2018A new report, sponsored by a range of Western Australian space firms and academic bodies, argues that the state would offer an ideal home for the Australian National Space Agency.