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Australian Space Agency

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The Australian Space Agency, established in 2018, is an agency of the Australian Government responsible for developing Australia's commercial aerospace industry, coordinating domestic space activities, and facilitating international engagement. It serves as the primary source of advice to the Australian Government on civil space policy. The agency focuses on areas of advantage for Australia, including communication technologies, space situational awareness, Earth observations, and R&D, with the goal of growing the Australian space sector and creating new jobs.

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Enrico Palermo left Virgin Galactic in late 2020 to become head of the Australian Space Agency after serving as chief operating officer of Virgin Galactic and president of The Spaceship Company.

GovernanceValue 3.6Mar 5, 2021Whitesides steps down from Virgin Galactic

Enrico Palermo will headline the event, marking his first forum as the head of the Australian Space Agency.

GovernanceValue 2.0Mar 2, 2021Australian Space Forum To Spotlight The Space Sector

Enrico Palermo is the new head of the Australian Space Agency and was formerly the COO of Virgin Galactic.

GovernanceValue 3.8Mar 2, 2021Australian Space Forum To Spotlight The Space Sector

The Australian Space Agency was established in 2018.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0Nov 17, 2020Australian Space Agency appoints new Head

The Australian government established the Australian Space Agency in 2018 to help grow the country’s space industry.

GrowthGeneralValue 2.6Nov 13, 2020Virgin Galactic executive to lead Australian Space Agency

The Australian Space Agency signed an agreement with NASA in September 2019 to cooperate on the Artemis program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Nov 13, 2020Virgin Galactic executive to lead Australian Space Agency

The Australian Space Agency is charged with tripling the size of Australia’s space industry to A$12,000,000,000 by 2030.

GrowthPlanValue 3.5Nov 13, 2020Virgin Galactic executive to lead Australian Space Agency

Megan Clark led the Australian Space Agency from its formation in 2018 and will become chair of the agency’s advisory board.

GovernanceValue 4.0Nov 13, 2020Virgin Galactic executive to lead Australian Space Agency

The Australian Space Agency is developing the first aspect of its 'Moon to Mars' initiative to build a supply chain of Australian companies that can contribute to lunar missions and plans a 'Trailblazer' mission as part of the initiative.

PlanGrowthValue 3.5Sep 25, 2020NASA signs agreement with Italy to cooperate on Artemis

Anthony Murfett, deputy head of the Australian Space Agency, supports India’s decision to open up its space sector and views strong synergies and collaboration opportunities between Australia and India.

GovernanceRelationshipsValue 2.5Sep 24, 2020Australia keen to strengthen space ties with India

The Australian Space Agency was formally established in 2018.

GrowthValue 2.0Oct 23, 2019Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch

Perigee Aerospace is working with the Australian Space Agency to export its first Blue Whale 1 rocket to Australia.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Oct 23, 2019Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch

NASA and the Australian Space Agency signed an agreement on 2019-09-21 to study potential Australian contributions to the Artemis program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Sep 25, 2019NASA and JAXA reaffirm intent to cooperate in lunar exploration

The Australian Space Agency, established a little more than a year earlier, has supported Fleet Space Technologies’ growth and is also based in Adelaide.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 2.8Sep 4, 2019Fleet raises $7.35 million to expand Internet of Things constellation

Speedcast will support the Australian Space Agency’s goal of tripling Australia’s space sector in size by 2030.

RelationshipsGrowthPlanValue 3.0Aug 21, 2019No near-term satellite orders for ABS • Amazon joins SIA • Speedcast, Australian Space Agency team up

The Australian Space Agency formally started operations on 2018-07-01.

GeneralValue 1.8Oct 2, 2018Australia’s new space agency plans commercial focus

The Australian Space Agency has a goal of attracting $1,000,000,000 of capital investment into space companies.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Oct 2, 2018Australia’s new space agency plans commercial focus

A partnership agreement between the Australian Space Agency and the United Kingdom was signed just before 2018-10-02.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 2, 2018Australia’s new space agency plans commercial focus
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