Last month Space Machines Company, which plans to one day offer “roadside assistance in space”, completed what it says is an important milestone. The company successfully completed its 3D printed Scintilla engine, which passed a critical design review as well as more than 1,200 seconds of testing time at a private farm somewhere in Queensland.…
REDARC has completed stage one of its Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Hub at Lonsdale, Adelaide, where the company plans to create 200 new jobs by 2032, driven by its expanding Defence & Space division. According to a statement from the company on Tuesday, it is building a “high-tech, next-generation” and custom-designed facility, at a site…
Following the maiden test flight of the company’s Eris rocket in late-July, Gilmour Space Technologies has announced the successful in-orbit operation of its 100-kilogram satellite platform, ElaraSat MMS-1 (Multi-Mission Satellite-1.) According to a statement from Gilmour on Wednesday, it has completed platform commissioning, verified that satellite bus systems are operating as expected, and demonstrated reliable…
Rocket business Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of the first Australian designed and built orbital rocket, achieving 23 seconds of engine burn time and 14 seconds of flight for its Eris vehicle. According to a statement from the company shortly after the Wednesday morning launch, the flight of its 23-metre, 30-tonne…
Paladin Space, a University of South Australia-based business focussed on removing space junk from orbit, has showcased its technology at a private event and teased news of an upcoming international expansion. In a statement from the university on Friday, the company said the Thursday demonstration of its Triton system at UniSA’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre…
HEO – which launched an Australian-made, world-first commercial camera dedicated to non-Earth imaging (NEI) in 2023 – has announced that it will support the Space Machines Company-led Space-MAITRI mission, scheduled for launch in late-2026. HEO said in a statement on Thursday that it will provide a second generation of its NEI camera, billed the Holmes…
Fabless semiconductor company Optera Solutions, which is commercialising “event-based sensing” (EBS) technology developed at Western Sydney University, was selected to join Thales’s Space Business Catalyst Program in Toulouse. The French-headquartered defence contractor announced this week that Optera began its six-month residency in the September 2024 intake of the SBC, which selects the “most promising global…
Satellite manufacturer and space-based mineral detection company Fleet Space Technologies is constructing a new global headquarters and space tech ‘hyper factory’.
Gilmour Space Technologies has shared a launch window for the maiden flight of its Eris rocket, starting “no earlier than” March 15. In a statement to media on Monday, the Gold Coast-based rocket maker and launch services provider said the news followed the last remaining hurdle before launch, its recent final airspace approvals from the…
AICRAFT has announced that it will design and build onboard computers for rovers “aimed at prospecting locations on the Moon” for the Emirates Lunar Mission (ELM.) In a statement on Thursday, Adelaide’s AICRAFT said it will build onboard computers to allow “data processing from science cameras, rover navigation and communication” and autonomous operations on the…