Pure Hydrogen Corporation announced on Tuesday it had received a 15-year Potential Commercial Area permit from the Queensland government for its Windorah Gas Project in the Cooper Basin. The wholly-owned subsidiary Real Energy Queensland received the permit following a 22-month regulatory approval process with the Queensland government’s Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and…
Space Machines Company and the University of Technology Sydney announced on Tuesday the creation of Australia’s largest industrial-scale spacecraft manufacturing facility at UTS Tech Lab in Sydney. The Optimus Factory (OF-01) will feature an additional 800-square-metre spacecraft production space and house Australia’s largest satellite Assembly, Integration and Test cleanroom. The facility represents a co-investment from…
Gilmour Space Technologies has announced that it will provide a bus that will be part of an upcoming earth imaging satellite to be launched from India. In a statement on Thursday from Gilmour – best known as a launch services provider and rocket builder – it said its ElaraSat bus will be part of a…
Smart sensor manufacturer Infinity Avionics has been contracted by entX Limited to design and manufacture parts of their Radioisotope Heater Unit (RHU) Demonstrator Payload designed to provide heat to spacecraft during the lunar night. An RHU is a novel thermal solution for interplanetary space missions that will revolutionise future rover and lander missions, with Infinity…
Rocket manufacturer and launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies was granted a launch permit on Monday afternoon, which it says is a green light for the first orbital test flight of a locally-made rocket from Australian soil. In a statement on Tuesday, Gilmour Space said the permit granted by federal industry minister Ed Husic and…
In-space propulsion company Neumann Space and satellite builder Inovor Technologies will work together on the development of the Neumann Drive propulsion system for Inovor’s growing range of satellite bus platforms. The Neumann Drive, an electric propulsion system based on solid metal propellants, has previously been demonstrated successfully aboard the SpIRIT (Space Industry – Responsive –…
In-space servicing firm Space Machines Company has forged strategic partnerships with two Indian space businesses, aerospace and defence manufacturer Ananth Technologies and space infrastructure company Digantara. The partnerships will play a pivotal role in the upcoming Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research and Innovation) mission and the launch of Space Machines Company’s second Optimus…
Timing technology company QuantX Labs has announced the landmark first sales of its state-of-the-art optical atomic clocks. The company recently signed two contracts with the Department of Defence totalling over $2.7 million. Supporting Australian Defence Force requirements, QuantX will deliver a mobile precision timing test bed for Defence Systems to Defence Science and Technology Group…
In-space electric propulsion developer Neumann Space has successfully tested in orbit its Neumann Drive electric propulsion system based on solid metal propellants. Neumann and the University of Melbourne announced the drive and a number of other local technologies that had been integrated onto the SpIRIT nanosatellite had been successfully tested. The Space Industry Responsive Intelligent…
Adelaide’s Axiom Precision Manufacturing and Newcastle’s Nupress Group have been contracted by Lockheed Martin to produce precision machined components for the next-generation Orion spacecraft. With origins in automotive and toolmaking, the companies are capitalising on the opportunities that advanced Australian manufacturers can access by diversifying into space. The Orion spacecraft will be the primary astronaut…