Big Sister mentoring program aims to get more women into male-dominated industries The federal government says it is supporting more women get into clean energy and construction jobs through a new “by women for women” apprentice initiative, titled the Big Sister: Advanced mentoring program. Announced last week, the program “will bolster the number of women…
Linde to deliver large cryogenic plant to PsiQuantum Linde Engineering has signed an agreement with PsiQuantum to deliver a cryogenic cooling plant for the planned world-first utility-scale quantum computer in Brisbane. In a statement last week, chemicals specialist Linde said the effort will be “one of the largest cryogenic cooling plants ever built for the specific…
South Australia’s space industry took a significant leap forward with the successful integration of Myriota’s Internet of Things (IoT) payload on the Kanyini satellite, according to an announcement released on Sunday. Adelaide-based companies Myriota and Inovor Technologies have collaborated on Kanyini, South Australia’s first state-funded satellite, which now orbits more than 500 kilometres above Earth.…
Satellite-enabled IoT communications business Myriota is expanding its UltraLite low earth orbit (LEO) constellation with four new nanosatellites currently being onboarded. According to a statement from the Adelaide-based company on Wednesday, the satellites were launched on March 14 aboard a SpaceX Transporter-13 mission. They will “continue to bolster” Myriota’s UltraLite LEO constellation, strengthening its IoT…
Industry-research team progresses DAC technology The Woodside Monash Energy Partnership is advancing carbon reuse and recycling through a Direct Air Capture (DAC) innovation, designed to help carbon dioxide commodity users rapidly decarbonise, according to a statement on Tuesday from Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA.) The DAC project, which has been supported by a AEA Seed grant,…
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has announced its third investment, tipping $25 million into telecommunications company Myriota as part of a $50 million funding round. In a statement on Thursday, Adelaide-based Myriota said the capital will be used “to enhance the capability and scale of its IoT connectivity platform and infrastructure”, and ramp up its…
The South Australian government satellite Kanyini has been successfully launched to space but is also healthy and thriving, according to Inovor Technologies. A venture between the state and Inovor, SmartSat CRC, and Myriota, all systems onboard the satellite are nominal, and Kanyini is soaring beyond expectations. According to Inovor: “The first successful ground station pass…
Three Australian made satellites were launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3.30 ACST this morning. The launch on a Falcon rocket is a milestone for the Australian space sector with satellites Kanyini, Waratah Seed, and Cuava-2 now ready to be deployed into orbit Kanyini is the first State…
Nanosatellite IoT communications company Myriota has announced a $1.5 million investment from the Australian Space Agency’s Moon to Mars Initiative Demonstrator Mission Grants. The funding will support the development of a compact, low-cost satellite communications payload providing resilient, flexible and scalable radio communications in off-world environments. The announcement was made at the launch by South…
GPC Electronics expands at Penrith Printed circuit board and electronic systems manufacturer GPC Electronics is expanding its capacity with a new latest technology surface mount technology (SMT) manufacturing line. A team from industrial machinery company Hawker Richardson and GPC engineers have been setting up the new machines (pictured) at its Penrith, Sydney factory since delivery.…