Premier Steven Marshall has officially opened the Nova Systems’ Space Precinct in South Australia after the company signed a landmark new collaboration agreement with European space company Leaf Space.

Optus have announced Mitsubishi Electric satellites for Team AUSSAT’s JP9102 Australia Defence Communication System proposal.

Fleet Space Technologies has established its first international HQ in Houston, Texas, in the first phase of the company's global expansion plans.

The fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin has been operationally accepted by the US Space Force less than a year after being launched into orbit.

Gilmour Space Technologies and SENER Aeroespacial are working together on an Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) for the Eris launch vehicle, which is being developed for the small satellite market.

A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it’s unlike anything astronomers have seen before.

Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million to supply a space telescope to the Weizmann Institute of Science under Israel’s Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite program to observe and research deep space.

New Curtin University research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars has been consistent over the past 600 million years.

Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO, and SKY Perfect JSAT have announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services.

Queensland University of Technology has received $1.2m in new ARC funding and a green light to build Australia’s largest covered outdoor facility for testing equipment, robotics and materials processing techniques in realistic space conditions.

The Australian Defence Force's (ADF) project to develop a sovereign next-generation military SATCOM capability has surpassed a key milestone this week with tender submissions closing on January 10.

Aerospace engineering startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has signed an agreement with the University of Sydney to research and manufacture the components of a zero emissions, hypersonic spaceplane.

Rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have greeted the new year with a successful 110-kilonewton test fire of the most powerful rocket engine ever developed in Australia.

Boeing has signed an agreement to collaborate with Melbourne-based additive manufacturing innovator, Titomic, to investigate the application of sustainable “green” titanium for the production of space components.

Airbus announced on 15 December that Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will exclusively join Team Maier, the Airbus-led team, in the bid to deliver next-generation military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) capability to Australia under the JP9102 program.

Lockheed Martin Australia today announced the addition of two leading Australian companies, Blacktree Technology and DXC Technology Australia, to its JP9102 team.