The Southern hemisphere's global hub for space operations and exploration
Western Australia has played a significant role in the global space industry for over 60 years, most notably with Western Australian ground stations providing vital support to NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, Apollo-Soyuz and Apollo lunar missions from 1961 to 1975. Today, Western Australia is home to more than 100 international and Australian space organisations and provides space mission, communication and situational awareness services; deep space and planetary insight; end to-end Earth observation and space data analytics solutions; and technology transfer across space and terrestrial sectors.
We are heavily involved in a wide range of space activities – from providing critical support for NASA, ESA and private sector space missions, building the world’s largest radio telescope to explore the universe and transferring our world-leading remote operations capability and technology to space. Building on Western Australia’s significant space infrastructure, leading space science and research, vibrant space ecosystem and geographical advantages for the global coverage of space assets, Western Australia is the southern hemisphere’s global hub for space operations and exploration.
