Boeing Defence Australia’s (BDA) trailer-mounted satellite communication (SATCOM) terminals which provide combat communication capability to deployed warfighters have achieved acceptance by Defence.

Defence will establish a Space Division headquarters within the RAAF in early 2022.

Australian smart satellite provider LatConnect 60 and Surrey Satellite Technology have announced the first partnership under the UK-Australia ‘Space Bridge’, a program launched earlier this year by the Australian Space Agency and UK Space Agency.

The government has announced $745,920 in new funding for Western Sydney University to establish the ‘Cybersecurity Aid Centre’ to train and support small business with Cyber Incident Response.

Researchers from Canada and the UK will test a new approach for secure communication using satellite-based quantum technology.

Thales Australia have this week conducted a safe test firing of a sovereign rocket motor.

Quasar will look to capitalise on the US$130 billion satellite ground communications market, using technology developed by CSIRO for radio telescopes like its own ASKAP telescope in Western Australia.

SAP has this week announced plans to launch SAP Critical Data Cloud, a fully managed service designed for powering the critical operations of government and regulated industries across Australia and NZ.

Today, Arianespace’s first Vega mission of the year will lift off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with the optical observation satellite Pleiades Neo 3.

EOS Space Systems partnered with Palantir Australia to participate in the Sprint Advanced Concept Training (SACT), a global space operations training event, led by the US, which took place from April 5 - 9.

German launch services provider Exolaunch has introduced its space tug program, featuring a new line of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that will launch satellites to custom orbits in an environmentally responsible way.

SpaceLink and Gilmour Space have executed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on implementing communications service for next generation small satellite platforms.

European launch services company Arianespace is organising a contest for satellite projects by space technology startups, labs or universities, in conjunction with the Viva Technology 2021 innovation show.

Australian startup Spiral Blue will partner with SatRevolution to host its Space Edge Zero computers onboard two satellites ahead of a launch onboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket.

The new foundation is offering $150,000 in scholarships across all tiers of education to support public space education and outreach in Australia.

Arianespace has announced that it has successfully deployed 36 new OneWeb satellites, bringing the size of the fleet in orbit to 146.