Australia's first commercial, space-capable rocket has taken off from the Koonibba test range after the first attempt on Tuesday fell flat.
Australia's first commercial, space-capable rocket has blasted off from the Koonibba test range on South Australia's far-west coast.It is the first commercial space rocket launch in AustraliaSouthern Launch said today's launch aimed to reach 85 kilometres, which would make it the highest any commercial rocket had reached from Australian soil.A second rocket was successfully fired off about 11:45am.
DEWC is developing satellites that will be capable of helping the Australian Defence Force detect potentially dangerous radar signals from enemy forces.The payload's purpose is to collect information with its built-in sensors on its journey back to Earth to assist with DEWC's development of satellite technology.The rocket takes off from the Koonibba test range.
"The rocket is unlike any rocket ever launched in Australia, and is part of what is known as New Space technologies — small rockets carrying reduced-sized satellites using commercially available technologies," she said.
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