Company Overview
Southern Launch expands space exploration from the Southern Hemisphere with end-to-end launch and return services for your next space mission.
Southern Launch secures all required approvals, including environmental approvals, to undertake space related activities in Australia on behalf of our customers. Evidence of all permits secured under Australian legislation is provided for every mission.
Products and Services
Southern Launch offers two unique spaceports designed to support all our customer’s requirements.
The Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex supports direct ascent trajectories from 55 to 177 degrees including polar, sun-synchronous orbits and 135 degree (equivalent to 45 degree) inclination.The complex can also accommodate hypersonic flight testing.
The Koonibba Test Range is the largest commercial rocket testing facility in the Southern Hemisphere. The overland range encompasses up to 41,000 square kilometres and extends up to 350 kilometres over uninhabited land.
The range is equipped with a 16.8 metre launch rail capable of launching rockets up to 4,200kg.
The facility can also receive the return of space technology from orbit inclinations from polar orbit to as low as 32 degrees.
The Koonibba Test Range is operated in partnership with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation and is Australia’s first licensed space launch facility.
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Capabilities
- Air and Space Transport
- Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services
- Regulatory Services
