Australia’s Statement on Space identifies trusted space services, spaceflight ecosystems, space platforms, microgravity capabilities, and exploration technologies as priority areas.

The Australian Space Agency will receive an additional $21.7 million in operational funding in the latest Federal Budget.

The National Reconstruction Fund investments in six Australian space companies have leveraged more than $500 million in total capital.

Australia has a recent partnership with India supporting the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program through a temporary tracking facility on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

South Australia’s new Defence Centre at Lot Fourteen will bring together defence, space, and critical technologies.

The $75 million investment will help Gilmour Space Technologies further develop Australia’s first licensed orbital launch spaceport.

The Albanese Government has issued a new Statement of Expectations to the Australian Space Agency directing it to accelerate regulatory approvals and modernise licensing processes.

The $10 million National Reconstruction Fund investment enabled Southern Launch to raise a total of $25 million.

The $75 million investment will help Gilmour Space Technologies scale satellite and launch vehicle manufacturing.

Gilmour Space Technologies employs more than 230 staff.

South Australia’s new Defence Centre at Lot Fourteen brings together defence, space, and critical technologies.

The Australian Space Agency has received a new Statement of Expectations directing it to accelerate regulatory approvals and modernize licensing processes.

Gilmour Space Technologies has received a $75 million investment.

The Albanese Government has committed almost $200 million through the National Reconstruction Fund across six Australian space companies.

The Albanese Government has committed almost $200 million across six Australian space companies through the National Reconstruction Fund.

The National Reconstruction Fund investments across six Australian space companies support around 600 jobs.

Australia has a temporary tracking facility on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands supporting India’s Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.

The Albanese Government has released its first formal Statement on Space for Australia’s space sector.

Southern Launch has secured a $10 million National Reconstruction Fund investment.

The Australian Space Agency received an additional $21.7 million in operational funding in the latest Federal Budget.

IHI Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Finland’s Kuva Space on 17 July 2026 at Kuva Space’s headquarters.

IHI Corporation is developing SAR capabilities as part of its national Earth-observation constellation program.

IHI Corporation has acquired SAR data from ICEYE since April 2026.

IHI Corporation aims to build sovereign Earth-observation and intelligence capabilities for national security, economic security, and civilian applications.

The IHI-Kuva Space memorandum of understanding expands IHI Corporation’s program to include hyperspectral satellites.

IHI Corporation launched IHI-SAT2 in November 2025.

IHI Corporation and Kuva Space will collaborate to identify key hyperspectral data use cases, define requirements for a future constellation, and evaluate an industrial model for a Japanese national hyperspectral capability.

IHI Corporation has been testing Kuva Space hyperspectral satellite data and AI-based analysis techniques for more than a year.

The IHI-Kuva Space collaboration may include domestic production of the satellites in Japan.

IHI Corporation’s planned multisensor constellation includes SAR satellites, optical satellites, VDES satellites, radio-frequency sensors, infrared sensors, and hyperspectral satellites.

Primary procurement decisions for the project will align with the initial launch manifest of Kuva Space’s upgraded Hyperfield-2 series, which is scheduled to begin orbital deployments in 2027.

The IHI-Kuva Space memorandum will explore joint manufacturing models for localized satellite assembly in Japan.

On July 21, 2026, IHI Corporation and Kuva Space signed a memorandum of understanding to advance hyperspectral satellite data services across Japan and East Asia.

IHI has been evaluating data products from Kuva Space’s Hyperfield-1 satellite platform since November 2025.

The combined Earth observation platform is intended to support vessel identification, land-use mapping, and anomaly detection across maritime and defense sectors.

IHI is developing a sovereign Earth observation framework for Japan that will combine hyperspectral capabilities with optical, synthetic aperture radar, infrared, radio frequency, and VHF Data Exchange System instruments.

Joint evaluation operations between IHI and Kuva Space will continue throughout 2026.

The IHI-Kuva Space memorandum will assess Kuva Space’s current fleet capacity and establish parameters for a sovereign Japanese hyperspectral constellation.

KMI is preparing additional REACCH tests beyond the International Space Station.

The International Space Station test campaign gave KMI engineers performance data across different surface types and motion conditions.

REACCH can move objects considerably larger than itself after attaching to a surface.

REACCH uses tentacle-like arms with gecko-inspired adhesive pads to attach to a surface and push instead of wrapping around a target object.

KMI expects REACCH to support satellite relocation and end-of-life management in low Earth orbit.

KMI plans to deploy REACCH on operational life-extension and debris-removal missions.

REACCH can steer an object away from a collision path, reposition a satellite to a different orbit, or guide debris toward a controlled deorbit.

Kall Morris Inc. used the ISS National Laboratory to test its REACCH debris-capture system across more than 170 capture trials aboard the International Space Station.

The U.S. Space Force is seeking to raise the maximum value of its launch-services contract vehicle to up to $30 billion for future national security missions.

The Space Systems Command manages U.S. Department of Defense procurement of space access services.

The U.S. Space Force's proposed increase in launch-services procurement capacity does not itself authorize new contracts to specific operators.

The U.S. Department of Defense needs more launch capacity to support satellites for communications, navigation, Earth observation, and other strategic functions.