The Western Australian Government has committed $6.5 million to help boost WA’s surging space sector, with the funding supporting both the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) and Curtin University's Binar Space Program.
Supporting the aims of the Diversify WA economic development framework, the four-year co-investment will enable Western Australian start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises to test their technology in space for commercialisation, as well as for training students in the development, testing and operation of spacecraft.
The Perth headquartered, industry-led consortium AROSE will receive $4 million, with their sights set on deploying a remote lunar rover on the Moon.
$2.5 million has been allocated to Curtin University's Binar Space Program, who aim to send six more CubeSat spacecrafts into space over the next 18 months and will form WA's first satellite constellation.
Curtin University's first spacecraft, Binar-1, was launched into space on August 29, 2021, with the Binar Space Program also supporting the activities of the AROSE consortium and Fugro's Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC).
As one of the nine divisions targeted under the Diversify WA economic development framework, Western Australia’s space sector continues to grow, with almost $16 million committed by the Western Australian Government over the past two years to enhance its capability and capacity.
To read more about WA’s space program, visit Space (www.wa.gov.au)
