13. Australia’s first commercial space launch
Show notes
Today Southern Launch are poised to launch Taiwan’s Hapith I as Australia’s first commercial space launch - a big milestone for the industry. In other news, a lunar rover collaboration kicks off with Japan, an asteroid has been named after an Aussie space archaeologist, and much more!
More about the Hapith I launch:
- Southern Launch mission overview (PDF)
- Hapith rocket on Gunter’s Space Page
- ABC News article: Australian Space Agency announces first commercial launch from Whalers Way
Space company news:
- iSpace partners with UTS and EXPLOR Space Technologies on a lunar mining rover with multipurpose arm
- Space Connect op-ed by Dr Alex Grant: Australia and Japan’s alliance key to space race success
- Myriota received investment from IAG’s venture capital arm, Firemark Ventures
- Ping case study: Saving wind farms half a billion dollars in maintenance costs
Follow-up on Waratah Seed:
Space people:
Upcoming events:
- Tue 14 Sep at 4pm Adelaide time - “Venture Capital for Space”, with Bill Bartee from Main Sequence, and Enrico Palermo, Head of the Australian Space Agency.
- Wed 15 Sep - 12th Australian Space Forum at the Adelaide Convention Centre, or virtual attendance.
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