Koonibba Test Range
The Koonibba Test Range is the largest commercial rocket testing facility in the Southern Hemisphere and specialises in suborbital launches and returns from space.
The range encompasses up to 41,000 square kilometres and extends up to 350 kilometres over uninhabited land. Rockets and payloads can be recovered from the range to collect data and conduct system validation before flying technology into orbit. The facility is also equipped to receive the return of space technology from space.
The Koonibba Test Range (KTR) is Australia’s largest civilian rocket testing facility and specialises in suborbital launches and returns from space.
The Koonibba Test Range offers:
up to 41,000 square kilometres (15,830 square miles) of range area
Up to 350km (217 miles) downrange
Overland payload recovery
16-metre-long linear launch rail available for customer use
Support from the logistics hub of Ceduna
Secure warehouse storage and hangar facilities available for customers at Ceduna Airport
The Koonibba Test Range was developed by Southern Launch in collaboration with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation and was Australia’s first licensed space launch facility.
Learn more about how Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation collaborated to develop Australia’s first licensed space launch facility
The Koonibba Test Range is a 40 minute drive from the regional hub of Ceduna which has a range of accommodation and hospitality options.
Preparing to launch at the Koonibba Test Range
Southern Launch CEO Lloyd Damp explains the latest Southern Launch mission to launch two rockets to the edge of space from the Koonibba Test Range in Koonibba South Australia.
Southern Launch successfully launches from the Koonibba Test Range 2020
Southern Launch conducts the first successful commercial rocket launch from Australian soil.
