Bespoke launch and return services to
support your space mission.

Your mission. Our expertise.

Launch mission services

Southern Launch expands space exploration from the Southern Hemisphere with end-to-end launch services for your next space mission.

Our team of leading engineers, project managers, specialists, and regulation experts work with rocket manufacturers and their payload customers to manage all aspects of the space launch. 

Return mission services

Southern Launch provides a full-service model to support the return of space technology to Earth at the Koonibba Test Range.

Our team manages all aspects for the return of space technology to Earth including regulatory approval, logistics and refurbishment facilities.

Our spaceports

Southern Launch offers two unique spaceports designed to support all our customer’s requirements.

The Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex is one of the only sites in the world that can provide high-cadence launches to polar and sun-synchronous orbits.

The Koonibba Test Range is Australia’s largest civilian overland testing facility and specialises in suborbital launches and returns from space.

Southern Launch secures all required approvals, including environmental approvals, to undertake space related activities in Australia on behalf of our customers.

Evidence of all permits secured under Australian legislation
is provided for every mission.

Southern Launch acknowledges the Kaurna, Barngarla, Nauo, Kokatha, Mirning and Wirangu people as the custodians of the land where we work and operate our facilities.

We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of all communities who also work and live on this land.