Jun 6, 2022 | ELA Update
This week we welcome more than 70 NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration personnel who will travel from NASA Wallops Flight Facility to support our three upcoming rocket launches at our Arnhem Space Centre this month.
This includes 15 science team members from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Colorado Boulder.
These will be the first NASA rocket launches from Australia since 1995, when launches were conducted from the Royal Australian Air Force Woomera Range Complex.
Stay tuned for more updates and news about the launches.
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May 7, 2022 | ELA Update
The Equatorial Launch Australia executive team were on ground last week at our Arnhem Space Centre in Nhulunbuy, East Arnhem Land.
The proximity of Arnhem Space Centre to the equator offers significant launch efficiencies and provides access to the full range of orbits. The secure ASC site will include utilities and facilities including payload integration, storage and administration.
Pictured here (L-R); Ben Tett, Russell Shaw, CFA, CA and Michael Jones were overseeing the final touches to the Arnhem Space Centre in anticipation of Australia’s first commercial space launch next month. They were also attending meetings with Traditional Owners and ranger groups from both the launch site and downrange areas coordinating payload and rocket stage recovery.
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May 7, 2022 | ELA Update
The night Launch of NASA’s BBIX rocket in June 2022 from ELA’s Arnhem Space Centre is coming…soon! This will be Australia’s first commercial space launch and the first ever NASA launch from a commercial spaceport. Three launches are planned over a six-week period in June/July 22 with rockets going to over 250km (250-310km) #australia into space and collecting images and spectral data on alpha centauri (4.56 m light years from the sun) and other space atmospheric phenomenon. Big shout out to the ELA team working round the clock with Australian Space Agency to finalise approvals and mission planning with NASA. Extremely proud to be part of this real space company!
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