'This is the first of its kind on Aboriginal-owned land in Australia and it’s something we are very proud of.'
Arrernte man Peter Renehan has made history in Australia as the first person to be at the helm of an Aboriginal organisation owning and maintaining a commercial Earth ground station, which opened for operation this month in Alice Springs.
And while CfAT continues to run the maintenance of the facility, employment opportunities for the local community will continue to flow. “We really had to think about how we can sustain ourselves into the future, and because we had significant land assets, that was one way that we thought we could better utilise those assets,” he said.From there, a collaboration with the United States-based communications company ViaSat was born and progress towards a commercial satellite station began, utilising CfAT's land for science development.
The facility has now become part of a global network known as Real-Time Earth ground stations, tracking low orbit satellites and feeding back the data in real-time to the end-user.Indigenous Business Australia
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