Whalers Way gets ready for lift off!
The Lower Eyre Peninsula and Australia are now one step closer to space. Southern Launch received approval for the construction of infrastructure to support a test launch campaign from Whalers Way, located on the tip of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Regional Australia takes off
The Australian Government’s objective of expanding the sovereign guided weapons capability took off today after Thales Australia conducted a safe test firing of a sovereign rocket motor.
Astronauts move over, space is now for farmers
On 25 March the Australian government announced the first ever licence for a space launch facility, legally permitting rockets to fly into space from Australian territory. The licence was granted to wholly Australian-owned company Southern Launch for its Koonibba Test Range in the South Australian outback. While many are familiar with the Woomera Test Range operating since the 1950s, the site is managed by the Australian Defence Force and is almost exclusively used for government activity. The significance of the Koonibba Test Range is that Australia can now host private satellite operators and rocket manufacturers from around the world to come and test their space technologies in a safe and commercially attractive manner from Australia. This finally opens the door for Australia to enter the global space services market worth 355 billion AUD.
Australia’s First People to Lead Australia back to the Stars
In a historic announcement the Koonibba Test Range, developed by Southern Launch with strong support and involvement from the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation, has been approved to host rocket launches to space.
Southern Launch finalises an agreement for South Australia’s first rocket launchpads
Southern Launch has recently finalised approvals from the landowners for the construction of the
first two rocket launch facilities for the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, located on the tip of
the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
German Aerospace Centre, DLR, sign a Cooperation Agreement with Australia’s Southern Launch
Building on the MOU that was previously signed between DLR – Space Operations and Astronaut Training and Southern Launch on 26 March 2020, the organisations have now signed a Cooperation Agreement further enhancing the relationship.
Southern Launch Successfully Launches South Australia into the New Space Economy Era
On 19 September 2020, the South Australian space sector was given a strong boost with four payloads being launched to the edge of space within two hours. Southern Launch, an Adelaide based start-up, blasted the two rockets, with their small payloads, to around 85km altitude at 10:09:47am and 11:49:47am from the Koonibba Test Range north west of Ceduna.
Southern Launch Prepares for Lift Off in South Australia
The development of small satellite technologies (SmallSats) has ushered in an era of dynamic and responsive space systems. Hundreds, and soon thousands, of these small platforms will be launched into Low Earth Orbits (LEO) every year.
Southern Launch and HOSTmi sign a Brokerage Agreement
An online B2B platform to facilitate the matching of payloads with available launch capacity has been developed by German IT company HOSTmi GmbH. This enables the hosting of payloads across a diverse range of space platforms globally, including orbital, sub-orbital and deep space campaigns.
Southern Launch selects T-Minus Engineering DART Rocket to fly DEWC Systems Payload
Acting as launch service provider for DEWC Systems, Southern Launch has selected the T-Minus Engineering DART rocket to launch DEWC’s prototype payload on a parabolic trajectory into space at the Koonibba Rocket Test Range later this year.