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Space companies making one giant leap for Australia Save Share As Australia steps up its involvement in the space race, a Sydney start-up is building the nation’s largest homemade spacecraft and plans to be part of a launch in less than 12 months. Space Machines founder and chief executive Rajat Kulshrestha has dubbed Optimus-1 a “space taxi”, capable of rendezvousing with rockets to ferry satellites to their final orbit. Space Machines founder and CEO Rajat Kulshrestha and HEO R...

Space Machines Company, an Australian in-space transportation provider, has signed a deal with Fireball International to deploy its bushfire detection satellite into its final orbit on board Space Machines Company’s orbital transport, Optimus-1, in 2022. The company announced the deal on Tuesday. This is Space Machines’ first customer agreement. This agreement aims to strengthen Australia’s defense against extreme weather events, and it is another example of the developing space market i...

Organizations can place payloads starting at $US200,000 per kg  The Lunar Ascent mission is rapidly securing supporters including Deloitte, NSW & SA Governments SYDNEY, Australia (Lunar Ascent PR) — Spacecraft for Australia’s first moon mission, Lunar Ascent, will be built by Australian aerospace pioneers Space Machines Company. Manufacturing will take place at a facility in Mascot close to the airport that Space Machines Company has identified as a suitable site.  The mission will offer ...