Returns from space
Southern Launch accommodates returns from space at the largest overland rocket testing facility in the Southern Hemisphere, the Koonibba Test Range.
The Koonibba Test Range can accommodate returns from space with over 41,000 square kilometres (15,830 square miles) of unpopulated area. Good year round weather and returns over unpopulated land offers great return window availability.
Southern Launch accommodates returns from space, including in-space manufacturing capsules, to the Koonibba Test Range. Southern Launch offers a full-service model managing all aspects of space returns to Earth.
Key features
Year-round return windows
All range infrastructure supplied by Southern Launch
Instrumented optical range to accelerate helicopter recovery of space technology
Licensed by the Australian Space Agency and other regulatory bodies
Minimal air traffic
Return over uninhabited land
Recovered return capsule processing and storage facilities at a secure warehouse located 40km from the range
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.
Your mission. Our expertise.
Population density surrounding the Koonibba Test Range
Secure warehouse facilities for processing of returned technology
The Koonibba Test Range is operated in partnership with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation. Read more about how the indigenous community in Koonibba supports space activities on the Koonibba Community page.
