Southern Space - 7 October

Southern Space - 7 October

Southern Space is a weekly newsletter produced by SIAA to inform the Australian space industry?


Industry News

World Space Week:?SIAA would like to wish all our members a happy World Space Week!?

Australia’s first Space Weather Forecasting Centre Opens:?The Bureau of Meteorology's?Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre ?was opened at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide by the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Environment and Water, and SA Deputy Premier the Hon Susan Close MP.?

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ANU InSpace World Space Week Women in Space Morning Tea:?This week SIAA attended ANU’s inaugural Women in Space morning tea to celebrate World Space Week. It was great to engage with so many women from across the aviation and space sectors. Thank you to SIAA member ANU InSpace for organising this event.?

US Space Surveillance Telescope Operational:?A US developed?deep space telescope ?located in Western Australia was declared operational last month. The telescope will be used by allies of the US and Australia to track faint objects in deep space to predict and avoid collisions, as well as detect asteroids and comets and provide geosynchronous object imaging. Head of Defence Space Command, AVM Cath Roberts noted that the telescope “will provide enhanced awareness of the space domain and contribute to greater alliance cooperation”.??

Australia-France Space Partnership:?SIAA member?Space Machines Company ?has partnered with French antenna manufacturer ANYWAVES as part of the company’s Roll Out mission. Space Machines Company will use the antenna to control the satellite, send instructions and connect the orbital transfer vehicle with ground support during key stages of the mission.?

Australian Satellite Imagery:?Australian start-up?Spiral Blue ?has launched its user-friendly tasking interface “Cobalt” that allows anyone to task satellites and acquire satellite imagery. Satellite imagery is provided by Satellogic and can be delivered by the platform to customers within a day, week or month.??

India:?The Indian Space Research Organisation has lost contact with its?Mars orbiter , eight years after the orbiter’s launch. At a cost of $73 million USD, less than one sixth of the cost of NASA’s Mars probe, the Mars orbiter had an initial lifespan of six months. In April this year an eclipse cut off sunlight from the orbiter causing the spacecraft to cease functioning, having provided scientific data over the past eight years.?

Roscosmos Opens Discussions to Extend Russian Participation in the ISS Beyond 2024:?Following an announcement earlier this year that Russia would leave the ISS after 2024,?Roscosmos ?has announced that it is discussing the extension of Russia’s ISS participation with the Russian government. The announcement was made during a NASA press conference in the lead up the latest crewed launch to the ISS, where a Russian cosmonaut flew aboard a SpaceX rocket for the first time.?

China Seeks Partners for Moon and Deep Space Missions:?Chinese space officials presented a range of opportunities for?international cooperation ?in lunar and deep space missions at IAC2022 last month. China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission already includes participation from Sweden, the ESA, France and Pakistan, with China now looking for international partners in its Chang’e-7 and Chang’e-8 missions.?

Two More Countries Sign onto US ASAT Test Ban:?South Korea and the United Kingdom has agreed to not conduct?direct-ascent missile tests ?to promote the peaceful and safe use of outer space. A total of seven countries have committed to the US-led ASAT test ban.??

FCC Tightens Space Debris Regulations:?The US Federal Communications Commission has announced a new?five-year limit ?within which companies must deorbit defunct satellites and payloads to help address growing levels of space debris. The new rule applies primarily to US companies and currently does not have the backing of NASA (who continues to adhere to the 25-year deorbit rule) or the US Congress.?

Industry Input on US Commercial Space Regulatory Framework:?The?National Security Council ?has announced plans to hold “learning sessions” with industry to develop a new regulatory framework for US commercial space activity. As part of these sessions the NSC is looking to learn from industry the types of future missions that commercial space companies will undertake, to develop suitable regulatory frameworks.??

US Space Force:?The?US Space Force ?is looking to supplement its intelligence data with data from commercial operators to help satellite operators identify potential threats in orbit, particularly in the area of space domain awareness.?US Space Force ?is also currently undertaking a study to understand the capability needed to undertake space domain awareness for cislunar activities and expects to understand the requirements for surveillance of cislunar capabilities early next year.?

Northrop Grumman Cargo Craft Named for First US Woman in Space:?SIAA Foundation member?Northrop Grumman ?has announced that it will name its 19th Cygnus resupply spacecraft the SS Sally Ride. Ride is the third woman to be honoured as a Cygnus namesake with NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA astronaut Janice Voss previously honoured.??

Artemis 1 Mission:?NASA has announced that it will seek to launch the?Artemis 1 mission ?between the 12 and 27 November, following a series of delays due to technical issues and bad weather.?


Industry Opportunities

Euroconsult Space and Satellite Masterclass 2022??

Euroconsult will hold its 2022 masterclass series of online training courses in November.?Through four separate half-day sessions, attendees will be given the opportunity to gain both a general and operational insight into key fundamentals in order to enter, operate and thrive in the space and satellite industry, whatever their organization’s position.?

Masterclass training courses will cover engineering, program management, regulatory or market dynamics levels, delivered by a robust line-up of Euroconsult Group and international industry experts, all of whom have strong credentials, hands-on experience and expertise in the space and satellite industry.?

Discover our 2022 Masterclass training courses and book your seat at:?https://digital-platform.euroconsult-ec.com/masterclass , either for one, two, three or all four sessions!?


Job Opportunities

View new job postings on?SIAA’s Southern Space Jobs Board ?to see what job opportunities are available in the space industry. See new job postings from SIAA Foundation member Deloitte and SIAA members BOC, Inovor Technologies and Boeing Defence Australia.?

SIAA members can advertise job positions for free on the Southern Space Jobs board. For more information, please email?[email protected] ??


Upcoming Events

The ANU Institute for Space Showcase and SIAA Networking Drinks?

When:?Monday 21 November 4pm??

Where:?Kambri T2 Theatre, ANU, Canberra

In just one hour,?SIAA member?the ANU Institute for Space will showcase some of the most exciting, cutting-edge research capabilities in Earth observation, advanced communications, space medicine, space situational awareness, space sector economics, space security and space governance. Drinks will follow the showcase with co-sponsors, the Space Industry Association of Australia, representatives from the space industry, Commonwealth and ACT governments, and researchers.?

Register now at?Eventbrite .?


Southern Space??

When:?22 November - 23 November???

Where:?Hotel Realm, Canberra??

SIAA’s two-day conference, Southern Space brings together space industry experts and decision-makers from across Australia. This year’s conference will connect the space industry together with government and parliament for two days to help shape the future agenda of Australian space’s aspirations.??

Participants will include federal government departments and agencies, international agencies and missions, defence and space prime contractors, listed space companies, academic and research organisations, small and medium enterprises, space start-ups, and individual space professionals.??

Registrations are available to both members and non-members of SIAA, with fees applicable to non-members.??

Registrations are open – Register Here .??


IGNSS2022??

When:?7 – 9 December?

Where:?UNSW Sydney?

IGNSS2022 showcases technology, products and services in Position, Navigation and Timing and explores new opportunities and risks for GNSS. The conference will gather leaders in GNSS and PNT to examine the latest technology, present cutting edge research and discuss in open forums the implications for policy, market development and positioning infrastructure deployment. Early career researchers and industry R&D are encouraged to present their work.??

Register for?IGNSS2022 here .??


SIAA Member Profile: Inovor Technologies

Founded in 2012,?Inovor Technologies ?is a leading space and defence technology company based in Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, South Australia. The company provides turnkey spacecraft mission delivery services, as well as specialist engineering services in the electronic warfare domain.?

Inovor has developed a family of small satellite buses, in both the cubesat (Apogee Bus) and smallsat (Australis Bus) classes. This technology can be used to build satellites across a range of sizes, and for most mission types, including space domain awareness, Earth imaging, communications, climate science, AgTech, scientific experimentation, and more. Inovor satellites are designed and manufactured in Australia. All intellectual property, designs and know-how, related to both hardware and software, are Inovor developed and owned.?

In addition to spacecraft bus development and manufacture for its customers, Inovor Technologies is developing two of its own missions; Hyperion is a space-based Space Domain Awareness mission; and Skyris is a “smart” Earth Imaging mission. The Hyperion mission utilises a constellation of Space Domain Awareness small satellites to detect and track resident space objects. It provides a world-first unique capability of the persistent tracking of objects in GEO or MEO orbits. The Skyris mission is a remote sensing mission, using on-board machine learning to enhance capability over existing Earth imaging systems. Skyris performs change detection to identify changes from major events such as natural disasters, and activities such as illegal logging.??

In July, Inovor Technologies signed a MoU with other South Australian space companies and SIAA members: Southern Launch, ATSpace Australia and Asension. The collaboration will launch a rocket and a spacecraft with an interfaced electronic warfare payload from a South Australian launch site later this year. The mission-specific spacecraft is designed and manufactured by Inovor.??

The company has also announced a 10-year strategic partnership with Airbus for the Australian Defence Force as part of the RMS STaR Shot mission. The aim of the mission is to design, manufacture, launch and operate at least four small satellite missions. Inovor Technologies will support the manufacture and integration of the satellites from its Lot Fourteen facility.?

Inovor Technologies is also part of the Australian Defence Industry Space Capability Alliance (ADISCA) – a collaboration between eight leading Australian-owned Space and Defence companies who can, collectively, deliver on all Defence’s Sovereign Industry Capability Priorities for space.?


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Header Image Credit: 'Good Morning from the International Space Station' - Jeff Williams (NASA.GOV)

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