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The Aurora rocket will launch from the Mid-Range Launch Rail that Southern Launch has onsite for customers to use at the Koonibba Test Range.
Reaction Dynamics signed a contract with Southern Launch to conduct the inaugural launch and flight of the RE-102 hybrid rocket engine and Aurora vehicle from the Koonibba Test Range in Australia in 2025.
Work on a joint mission between Hypersonix and Southern Launch will start immediately with an aim to launch in late 2025.
HyImpulse successfully launched their SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, Australia.
Southern Launch partnered with U.S.-based Varda Space Industries to facilitate the return of Varda’s in-space manufacturing capsule to the Koonibba Test Range in 2024.
Southern Launch signed a memorandum of understanding with UK-based Space Forge to use the Koonibba Test Range as a re-entry point for Space Forge spacecraft.
Southern Launch obtained permissions from the Australian Space Agency to aim to launch the VS02 and VS03 missions from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in December 2022.
Southern Launch obtained permissions from the Australian Space Agency to aim to launch the VS02 and VS03 missions from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in December 2022.
Southern Launch is working with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to establish a Temporary Restricted Area that will be in place during the launch campaign.
Southern Launch, ATSpace Australia, Asension (formerly DEWC Systems), and Inovor Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore launching a rocket and a spacecraft with an interfaced electronic warfare payload from a South Australian launch site.
Southern Launch has been awarded an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Grant of almost $1,000,000 for a mobile launch rail.
Perigee Aerospace plans to launch Blue Whale 1 from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex that Southern Launch is building on Australia’s southern coastline.