Australian Space News

HyShot payload and Terrier Orion rockets on the Woomera Instrumented Range launchpad at sunset.

19th Jan 2005 - A US team is in Australia on a low-profile visit to discuss Canberra's commitment to Washington's planned missile defence program, the US Department of Defence said Thursday. Click here for more.

9th Dec 2004 - High pressure work boosts scramjet research. The University of Queensland rocket scientists have upgraded a key ground test facility ahead of three experimental scramjet flights in Woomera in late 2005. Click here for more.

27th Oct 2004 - Cairns firm partners UQ in scramjet test venture. A North Queensland engineering firm will play an important role in next year's Australian experiments to test the world's fastest air-breathing engines. Click here for more.

30 September 2004 - Horizon announced to the ASX that it had entered into an agreement with AstroVision Australia Limited and shareholders of AstroVision to acquire 51% of the fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of AstroVision. AstroVision has an exclusive licence for the Asia-Pacific region to the patents, IP, and technical developments of Astrovision International Inc. AstroVision applications and services will include live regional and local weather monitoring, real time bushfire alerts and monitoring, and land / ocean surveillance. Click here for more.

26 August 2004 - (As seen on the ABC catalyst program) The Helicon Double Layer Thruster is being developed in the Space Plasma and Plasma Processing Group (led by Professor Rod Boswell) of the Plasma Research Laboratory (Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering) at the Australian National University in Canberra (Australia).

14th Aug - 22nd Aug - National Science Week has some interesting space talks and activities happening across the country.

May 27 - Aug 27, 2004 The International Space University SSP Program is an intensive nine week inter-disciplinary professional development program. It has been held annually since 1988, in partnership with educational and research institutions around the world.

May 14, 2004 Want a job in the Australian Space Industry? Click here for more.

May 12, 2004 Arianespace To Launch Singaporean/Aussie Satellite on the first Soyuz to lift from Europe's Kourou Spaceport. Click here for more.

May 6, 2004 The Cooperative Research System for Satellite Systems has been advised by the Department of Educations, Science and Training that its preliminary business case for the Ninth Round of the CRC Program has not been successful. This means that the CRCSS will no longer be funded under the CRC Program when the Centre's present term expires on 31 December 2005. Click here for the press release.

April 14, 2004 Spot-5 to identify illegally cleared trees in NSW - "It can count the hairs on your head." The hi-tech war on illegal clearing will begin in June. Click here for more.

March 16, 2004 Australian Space Engine For Satellite Trial - The lifespan of telecommunications and other satellites may be dramatically extended if trials of a radical new Australian space engine are successful. Researchers from the Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems and Australian National University have teamed up to develop and test the satellite motors of the future, based on a revolutionary plasma thruster. Click here for more.

February 28, 2004 Australian Rosetta Link - Sydney-born engineer Warwick Holmes has an interesting link to the ESA's Rosetta mission (mankind's first attempt to land on a comet). Click here for more. An older article can be found here.

Februrary 6, 2004 Battle Space Communications - Land RFT has been posted. Click here for more.

November, 28, 2003 The Navy In Space - Navy to get increased satellite communications capability with the signing of a contract with BAE Systems Australia Ltd. The system will utilise the Defence payload on the recently commissioned Optus C1 satellite, which was launched from French Guiana in June this year. Click here for more.

June,12th, 2003 Optus' C1 satellite successfully launched - The C1 satellite is jointly funded by Optus and the Australian Department of Defence, and is the largest hybrid communications and military satellite ever launched. Click here for more.

30 July 30th, 2002 The HyShot Flight Program achieves supersonic combustion. Click here for more.