Australian Space Agency

🚀 Lift-off 🚀 AtSpace’s A01 rocket launched from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in regional South Australia on Thursday morning. The locally-made rocket flew for the first time, validating its cutting-edge hybrid propulsion system. Congratulations to all the teams involved in this successful test flight.

"Is this an impossible challenge, or a mission waiting to be completed?" The line between the possible and the impossible is always thin. This series sponsored by the Australia-Japan Foundation and supported by the Australian Space Agency, explores how the seemingly impossible is transformed into purposeful missions. Through collaboration, these missions are shaped with structure and resolve. Through art, we find inspiration and vision. Through medicine, we confront urgency and necessity. And through law, we uphold promises while creating new rules for unforeseen missions. Join a panel of industry experts for MISSION POSSIBLE and see how the impossible becomes a mission! Find out more and register here http://spklr.io/6049BnDHV

Space Spotlight 💡 Myriota With a global customer base and a team of close to 100, Myriota is celebrating a decade in business. It delivers space-enabled Internet of Things technology to monitor remote assets across Earth – and soon, assets in space as well. Read more about the company’s journey here: http://spklr.io/6041BVtob

🚀 Join us to explore innovation, partnership, and the shared spirit of exploration in space. Mission Possible: Space Collaborations 1st December at 3pm - 4.30pm (ACDT) online and in-centre. Join Kate Kitagawa (Aussie Space Rocks / Professor, La Trobe University), Yuichi Tsuda (Deputy Director General of ISAS/JAXA), Jack Rintoul (Assistant Director, Space Programs, Australian Space Agency) and Melissa De Zwart (Deputy Director, Plants for Space / Professor, University of Adelaide) at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide as we reflect on what has been made possible and look ahead to the next grand mission: MMX (Martian Moons Exploration). Supported by the Australian Space Agency and JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency this event also marks the 5th anniversary of the Hayabusa2 capsule’s return to Australia, a milestone in international cooperation and scientific achievement between Australia and Japan. Register here 👉 In-Centre: http://spklr.io/6043BTufb Online: http://spklr.io/6046BTufe

🚀 Registrations are now OPEN for ActInSpace 2026! 🌏✨ Ready to turn your bold ideas into real space-powered solutions? ActInSpace is back in 2026, inviting innovators, students, creatives, entrepreneurs and space-curious minds from across Australia to join this global 24-hour innovation challenge. Whether you’re a coder, designer, storyteller or big-picture thinker, this is your chance to collaborate, experiment, and bring space technologies down to Earth in ways that make a real impact. 🛰️ Form a team. Pick a challenge. Change the future. 📅 Register now and secure your spot in one of the world’s most exciting space innovation events. Find out more at http://spklr.io/6046BTHEM

🌍🚀 European Space Agency - ESA launches the Space Environment Health Index ESA has introduced a new tool to measure the “health” of Earth’s orbit. The index combines risks from debris, collisions, and satellite traffic into a single number. This initiative aims to promote safer, more sustainable missions, encourage responsible de-orbiting, and ensure that key orbits remain accessible for future generations. Read our newsletter for this and other space news - and remember to subscribe http://spklr.io/6044BOKVk 📷 ESA

Let's recap the highlights 👇

Myriota is celebrating 10 years of delivering space-enabled Internet of Things technology, which we've been proud to support along the way. Hear what our Head of Agency Enrico Palermo had to say about the milestone and read more in our Space Spotlight feature: http://spklr.io/6043BOJ0t

Blasting Off to Brilliance! Our Discovery Centre became the ultimate launchpad for Australia’s brightest young stars! 🌟 From every corner of the country, Space + STEM superstars landed in Adelaide for this year's Kids in Space National Finals. 🌌 The program by The Andy Thomas Space Foundation is delivered by Makers Empire and supported by the Australian Space Agency and other partners to spark curiosity and inspire the next generation of space explorers. Seven school teams displayed their space-inspired design solutions to industry judges, Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg, and the Governor of South Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC. Palmwoods State School from Queensland took out the national prize, with a solution to address space debris. Find out more: http://spklr.io/6040BMWgA

Projects in Motion ▶️ Arlula Sydney-based Arlula is on a mission to simplify how space data is managed, processed, and utilised. Recently, the company finished developing a new system to standardise satellite imagery across different types of Earth observation (EO) spacecraft. The Automated Satellite Imaging Programmes technology helps align image datasets with industry standards of interoperability, so they can be used interchangeably among a range of scientific and commercial applications – such as agriculture, mining, and natural disaster management. By making remote sensing data easier to use, Arlula also hopes to create opportunities for new applications and businesses to engage EO technology, increasing its global uptake. Meanwhile, Arlula's interoperable data offerings are enhancing its machine learning and AI models through more consistent and optimised inputs. The project was supported by our Moon to Mars Supply Chain program, which helps deliver competitive Australian products into global space supply chains. Discover more Australian space industry stories 👉 http://spklr.io/6043BMcGJ