South Australia is establishing a space manufacturing facility that will provide space companies with access to equipment and facilities essential to the sector’s future growth.
The South Australian Government is investing $20 million towards space manufacturing capability, with plans underway to establish a common user space assembly, test and integration facility at Lot Fourteen which aims to accelerate the development of local space innovation into real world commercial technologies.
The manufacturing facility will be an anchor tenant located within a new state-of-the-art Innovation Centre at Lot Fourteen that will be a hub for local defence, space, critical technologies and cyber industries. Construction of the Innovation Centre will commence in 2026 with anchor tenants to move in by the end of 2028.
The space manufacturing facility will provide industry with access to world-class equipment capable of small satellite and component manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test activities.
Building on the state’s thriving space economy, this project will support South Australia’s growing hub of space companies to expand commercially, access global supply chain opportunities and drive collaboration between manufacturers, innovators and the wider critical technologies sector.
The South Australian Government will consult with industry, academia, and other stakeholders to ensure the facility is best suited to meet industry’s market needs and future growth plans.
