The following table lists decisions under the Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 to grant, vary, revoke, suspend or transfer a:
- Australian launch permit.
- Launch facility licence.
- Return authorisation.
- Overseas payload permit.
List of all decisions
| Application type | Applicant organisation |
General description of the proposal | Notice of minister decision | Date of minister decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian launch permit | Gilmour Space Technologies Pty Ltd | Orbital launch of the Eris Block 1 launch vehicle (TestFlight1/MSN001) from Bowen Orbital Spaceport, Queensland. | Granted | 4/11/2024 |
| Return Authorisation |
Southern Launch |
A series of three returns of Varda Space Industries’ Winnebago capsules to Koonibba Test Range, South Australia. | Given | 16/10/2024 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Optus C1 Satellite Pty Ltd | The ADS-01 geostationary communications satellite will conduct in band testing on behalf of the Australian Defence Force. | Granted | 10/09/2024 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | EchoStar Global Australia Pty Ltd | The satellites will support narrowband Mobile Satellite Services (MSS), including Internet of Things (IoT) applications while communicating with user terminals on the ground. | Granted | 10/09/2024 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Robinson Aerospace Systems Pty Ltd | The payload to be launched is the RASCube-1, a small platform for operating student experiments, which is to be hosted within The Exploration Company’s Nyx Capsule. The RASCube-1 will operate two student led experiments | Granted | 21/08/2024 |
|
Return Authorisation (Overseas Payload) |
Robinson Aerospace Systems Pty Ltd | The payload to be returned, returning within The Exploration Company’s Nyx Capsule is the RASCube-1, a small platform for operating student experiments. | Given | 21/08/2024 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Swinburne University of Technology | The payload to be launched to the International Space Station is a research project designed to provide educational outcomes for the participants of the Swinburne Youth Science Innovation Challenge 2024 program. | Granted | 17/06/2024 |
| Return Authorisation (Overseas Payload) | Swinburne University of Technology | The payload to be returned from the International Space Station is a research project designed to provide educational outcomes for the participants of the Swinburne Youth Science Innovation Challenge 2024 program. | Given | 17/06/2024 |
| Australian high power rocket permit |
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH |
Launch of the SR75-1 rocket not beyond the distance of 100km above mean sea level from the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia. |
Granted | 01/05/24 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Myriota Pty Ltd |
Kanyini is an Australian manufactured CubeSat that will carry an Internet of Things payload with custom software for communication purposes and an electro-optic sensor for Earth observation. |
Granted | 22/04/24 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | University of Sydney |
CUAVA-2 will conduct science research using instruments carried on-board. |
Granted |
26/03/2024 |
|
Overseas Payload Permit |
University of Sydney |
Waratah Seed-1 will conduct science research and technology demonstration using payloads carried on-board. |
Granted |
26/03/2024 |
| Launch facility licence | Gilmour Space Technologies Pty Ltd | Operation of the Bowen Orbital Spaceport located near Bowen, Queensland, to support launches of the Eris Block 1 launch vehicle. | Granted | 20/02/2024 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | ResearchSat Pty Ltd | The payload to be launched on a suborbital sounding rocket launch is the ADI-E payload, a platform for conducting scientific research in microgravity conditions. | Granted | 25/01/24 |
|
Return Authorisation (Overseas Payload) |
ResearchSat Pty Ltd | The payload to be returned is the ADI-E payload, a platform for conducting scientific research in microgravity conditions. | Given | 25/01/24 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Curtin University | The 3 small 1U cubesats Binar-2, Binar-3 and Binar-4 will be used for a student star-tracking experiment, CSIRO research experiment and a STEM outreach program for high schools. | Granted | 30/11/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |
The MRS Astrobee payload is being launched to the ISS to perform experiments to support internal 3D scanning of the vehicle for logistics purposes. | Granted | 28/11/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Space Machines Company Pty Ltd | The Optimus-2 orbital transfer vehicle technology demonstrator will flight qualify key technologies and subsystems for use on future commercial flights. | Granted | 15/11/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | University of Melbourne | Demonstrate a fully operational 6U Australian nanosatellite platform on-orbit and operate the HERMES payload from the Italian Space Agency as complement to the HERMES constellation. | Granted | 07/09/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Skykraft Pty Ltd | Skykraft satellite Skykraft-3 and 4 constellation spacecraft are technology demonstrators and pathfinders for the roll-out of space-based Air Traffic Management constellation. These spacecraft will demonstrate ADS-B and VHF capabilities from space. | Granted | 15/04/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Swinburne University of Technology | The payload to be launched to the International Space Station is a research project designed to provide educational outcomes for the participants of the Swinburne Youth Science Innovation Challenge program. | Granted | 29/03/2023 |
| Return Authorisation (Overseas Payload) |
Swinburne University of Technology | The payload to be returned from the International Space Station is a research project designed to provide educational outcomes for the participants of the Swinburne Youth Science Innovation Challenge program. | Given | 29/03/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd | Fleet Space satellites Centauri 6, 7 and 8 will act as communications relays for customer Internet of Things (IoT) and mineral exploration data through S-band radio. | Granted | 16/02/2023 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Skykraft | Skykraft satellite Skykraft-1 and constellation spacecraft are technology demonstrators and pathfinders for the roll-out of a space-based Air Traffic Management constellation. | Granted | 22/09/2022 |
| Australian launch permit | AT Space Pty Ltd | A series of two suborbital launches and connected returns of the Hapith I launch vehicle from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia. | Granted | 24/06/2022 |
| Launch facility licence | Southern Launch Space Pty Ltd | Launch facility at Whalers Way, Sleaford, South Australia to support up to two suborbital test launches. | Granted | 24/06/2022 |
| Australian launch permit | Equatorial Launch Australia Pty Ltd | Suborbital launches of the Black Brant IX vehicle for the 2022 NASA scientific sounding rocket campaign from Arnhem Space Centre, Northern Territory. | Granted | 24/05/2022 |
| Launch facility licence | Equatorial Launch Australia Pty Ltd | Launch facility known as the Arnhem Space Centre, located in East Arnhem, Northern Territory. This facility licence is limited to the 2022 NASA scientific sounding rocket campaign. | Granted | 24/05/2022 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd | Fleet satellite Centauri-5 will provide communication with the Fleet network. | Granted | 16/05/2022 |
| Australian launch permit | Taiwan Innovative Space Inc. | Suborbital launch of Hapith I launch vehicle from Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia. | Granted | 09/08/2021 |
| Launch facility licence | SouthernLaunch.Space Pty Ltd | Launch facility at the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex at Sleaford, South Australia for a suborbital test launch campaign. | Granted | 12/07/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd | Fleet satellite Centauri-4 will provide communication with the Fleet network. | Granted | 25/05/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | The University of Sydney | The CUAVA-1 satellite will collect research data from low earth orbit and transmit to the research team for use in scientific and engineering analyses undertaken by the CUAVA Centre and collaborators. | Granted | 14/05/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | EchoStar Global Australia Pty Ltd | Satellite ‘EchoStar Global – 3’ (EG-3), a communications satellite, will also be used to expand testing of the EchoStar mobile satellite service network. | Granted | 10/05/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Curtin University | Satellite Binar-1 will test a number of systems designed by Curtin to be used in future satellites. | Granted | 29/04/2021 |
| Launch facility licence | SouthernLaunch.Space Pty Ltd | Mobile launch facility at Koonibba Test Range, South Australia for suborbital launches. | Granted | 09/03/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd | Fleet satellite Centauri-3 will provide communication with the Fleet network. | Granted | 05/02/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | University of New South Wales | UNSW satellites M2-A and M2-B will test a number of systems designed by UNSW, including decoupling, artificial intelligence and space situational awareness capabilities. | Granted | 02/02/2021 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Myriota Pty Ltd | Myriota satellite ‘Myriota 7’ will provide direct-to-orbit satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. | Granted | 20/11/2020 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Myriota Pty Ltd | Myriota satellite ‘Myriota 6’ will provide direct-to-orbit satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. | Granted | 20/11/2020 |
| Overseas Payload Permit |
Myriota Pty Ltd | Myriota satellite ‘Myriota 5’ will provide direct-to-orbit satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things. | Granted | 11/09/2020 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | EchoStar Global Australia Pty Ltd | Communications satellite (CubeSat) testing Internet of Things connectivity. | Granted | 23/03/2020 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | EchoStar Global Australia Pty Ltd | Communications satellite (CubeSat) testing Internet of Things connectivity. | Granted | 23/03/2020 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | The University of New South Wales | The M2 Pathfinder satellite (CubeSat) will test communications architecture and other technologies that will assist in informing future space capabilities. | Granted | 13/02/2020 |
| Overseas Payload Permit | Space Environment Research Centre Limited | Payload mounted on a CubeSat to support research undertaken by the Space Environment Research Centre. | Granted | 4/12/2019 |