Space
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Experts welcome space seed funding
First 5000 | May 5, 2018The likely announcement of $50 million in seed funding for the new Australian Space Agency has been welcomed by a host of academics eager to see the new body based in their state.
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The space between rhetoric and reality
Brett Biddington | April 30, 2018New jobs and innovation in the Australian space market are more likely to occur in data processing and applications than satellites themselves and Australia’s new space agency will have to manage expectations accordingly.
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Space 2.0: building Australia’s strategy for space
Flavia Tata Nardini | April 20, 2018While the first wave of space technology was dominated by national authorities, Space 2.0 will see the commercialisation of space by private companies and the realisation of its potential to provide low-cost global connectivity.
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Australia’s future in space
Malcolm Davis | April 1, 2018Australia is about to get much more serious about its future role on the high frontier of space.
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Gilmour Space Technologies partners with NASA
First 5000 | February 23, 2018In another step forward for Australia’s fast developing space sector, Gilmour Space Technologies has agreed a NASA partnership to collaborate on research, technology development and educational initiatives.
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Saber Astronautics wins US Air Force contract
First 5000 | February 14, 2018Australian space firm Saber Astronautics has won a contract from the US Air Force Research Lab to model the behaviour of large constellations of satellites and develop new capabilities for space operations.
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The stars align for Australia’s space agency
Andrew Spence | February 13, 2018Fifty of the global space industry’s rising stars have been studying the effectiveness of the world’s space agencies in a bid to help shape Australia’s new official entity.
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Buccaneer blazes a new trail for the Australian space industry
First 5000 | November 28, 2017The successful launch of a new Australian cube-sat shows the domestic potential of this much touted-sector is becoming a reality.