SA space firm's new launch

SA company Fleet Space Technologies will launch its fifth nanosatellite this morning as part of its bid to build a constellation of satellites to connect remote sensors across the globe with the Internet of Things.

SA rocket launchpads move a stage closer

Space industry company Southern Launch says it has the go-ahead from landowners for the construction of two rocket launchpad facilities at its Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex on Eyre Peninsula.

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Second rocket launch site proposed for Queensland

An Australian company has revealed plans to launch rockets from far north Queensland, soon after another launch site was proposed for that state.

Australian Space Agency fails to launch

The Adelaide-based Australian Space Agency needs a shake-up after bureaucratic inertia put obstacles in the way of Saturday’s historic satellite launch, argues Rex Patrick.

SpaceX rocket crash-landed at sea

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has simulated a dramatic emergency landing to test a key abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company’s final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts.

Australian firm builds 3D printed titanium rocket

The space race is now being disputed by private companies and a Melbourne-based company may have placed Australia at the forefront after unveiling the largest 3D-printed titanium rocket.

Amazon's Bezos eyes moon landings

Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder of rocket company Blue Origin, unveiled on a mock-up of a lunar lander spacecraft and discussed missions to the moon in a strategy tailored to the US government’s renewed push to establish a lunar outpost in just five years.