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Southern Launch

AU
commercialFounded 2017
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
southernlaunch.space/
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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.

NARRATIVE PLAN10/15/2024Reaction Dynamics to test their hybrid propulsion tech with Koonibba Test Range launch

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.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/15/2024Reaction Dynamics to test their hybrid propulsion tech with Koonibba Test Range launch

Work on a joint mission between Hypersonix and Southern Launch will start immediately with an aim to launch in late 2025.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/12/2024Australia set to become hypersonic flight testing home

HyImpulse successfully launched their SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, Australia.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT5/14/2024HyImpulse launches the SR75 rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/9/2023Southern Launch ready to launch with the USA after Technology Safeguards Agreement was recently signed in Washington

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/3/2023Australia’s Southern Launch and Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation are new frontier for space with space launch facility in Koonibba

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.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/15/2022UPDATE 1: VS03 mission scheduled for lift off after the VS02 mission launch scrubbed during countdown

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.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/15/2022UPDATE 1: VS03 mission scheduled for lift off after the VS02 mission launch scrubbed during countdown

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/19/2022Southern Launch’s measures in place for public safety for the company’s upcoming launch from Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in Australia

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/21/2022South Australian companies collaborate for the future of Australian space

Southern Launch has been awarded an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Grant of almost $1,000,000 for a mobile launch rail.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/25/2022Southern Launch Receives Further Support From The Australian Government

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.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/23/2019Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch