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Keep up to date with the latest South Australian news, media releases and events related to space industry innovation, opportunities, research and entrepreneurial development.

  • Centauri 5

    16 June 2022

    Lift off for Fleet’s Centauri 5

    South Australia’s Fleet Space Technologies has achieved a major milestone, successfully launching its next-generation Centauri 5 satellite onboard the SpaceX …

  • Ping chief executive officer Matthew Stead says its wind turbine blade ice detection technology is a world-first. Picture: Tait Schmaal

    16 June 2022

    Adelaide start-up Ping Services reveals breakthrough wind farm ice-detection tech

    World-first technology developed by Adelaide start-up firm Ping Services could dramatically improve the energy output of wind farms around the …

  • 8 June 2022

    Sky’s no limit for GRAVITY Challenge 04 champions

    Global space technology innovation program, GRAVITY Challenge, has announced five innovator teams as Round 04 Challenge Champions to pilot space-powered …

  • 20 May 2022

    All systems go for next phase of South Australia’s first state satellite

    The development of South Australia’s first state satellite has taken a giant leap toward delivering tangible data solutions, following the …

  • Deloitte patch on space suit

    19 May 2022

    GRAVITY Challenge builds momentum

    Now on the home stretch, GRAVITY Challenge 04 is heading for a big finish. This round, which launched in February …

  • 18 May 2022

    UniSA joins national space hub mission

    The University of South Australia is set to play a major part in a national space manufacturing initiative aimed at …

  • Sabre Astronautics Mission Control Centre at Lot Fourteen

    18 May 2022

    How Lot Fourteen ‘Sprints’ are helping solve growing space traffic challenges

    From its Responsive Space Operations Centre at Lot Fourteen, Saber Astronautics and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology are at the …

  • LeoLabs Costa Rica Space Radar

    9 May 2022

    Growth on the radar for LeoLabs after landing at Lot Fourteen

    Global space company LeoLabs has secured a place at South Australia’s innovation precinct Lot Fourteen, with plans to grow its …

  • Astra Program Header

    21 April 2022

    Astra Program showcases bright stars of space industry

    An undergraduate Materials Engineer has been the successful recipient of a scholarship from the South Australian Space Industry Centre following …

  • Myriota co-founder Alex Grant with a sensor solution which communicates with satellites. Picture: Russell Millard

    3 April 2022

    Leading role in the space race from the Adelaide CBD

    It seems fitting that the thriving Australian space industry is home-ported in Adelaide; after all, South Australia kicked off Australia’s involvement …

  • Matthew Tetlow of Inovor says the Kanyini satellite’s hyperspectral imager has myriad applications, such as analysing vegetation and soil to a granular degree. Picture: Matt Turner

    3 April 2022

    Launching Kanyini, and the state’s rising reputation, into the stratosphere

    South Australia is on the cusp of achieving a goal that literally will send its growing reputation for space innovation …

  • GeoSphere by Fleet Space Technologies

    29 March 2022

    Fleet Space Technologies takes on mineral exploration

    The latest product release by South Australian space company Fleet Space Technologies is set to revolutionise mineral exploration, proving once …

The SmartSat CRC team inspecting the Kanyini satellite

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