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Mission to name South Australia’s satellite has landed in Schools
Entries are now open for the mission to name South Australia’s first state satellite, giving students from every South Australian primary and secondary school the chance to put their mark on the milestone SASAT1 Space Services Mission.
A panel of South Australian-based space industry dignitaries and decision makers will select one winning name and two runners-up from entries submitted by up to 600 schools across the state.
The winning name will be displayed on the body of satellite before it is launched to low-Earth orbit in 2022.
Premier Steven Marshall said students are encouraged to consider names that reflect South Australia’s heritage and rich cultural and linguistic diversity.
To orbit… and beyond?
Artist impression of SASAT1. Credit: Alex Preist / Inovor Technologies
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall today announced a $6.5 million partnership with the growing South Australian space industry to send a locally made small satellite into low Earth orbit in 2022.
Marshall says SA is the first Australian state government to embark on such an undertaking.
Dubbed the SASAT1 Space Services Mission, the satellite will gather information designed to assist and improve such things as emergency services, environment and water-quality monitoring, and mining and bushfire mitigation.
The mission will be led by the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) at the University of South Australia, with private SA space companies adding expertise. Adelaide-based Inovor Technologies will design, build and test the 6-unit Apogee satellite bus and deliver it to the launch contractor. Myriota will handle Internet of Things (IoT) space services.
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Myriota joins SASAT1 Space Services Mission, to deliver space services to South Australia Wednesday 20 January 2021 | 14:11 CET | News Nanosatellite IoT firm Myriota will participate in the SASAT1 Space Services Mission to deliver space services to South Australia. The AUD 6.5 million project was announced by Premier Steven Marshall, and marks a new partnership between the South Australian state government and industry. Myriota will provide IoT space services for the new small satellite, which, once deployed, is expected to support the improvement of state emergency, environment, water monitoring and bushfire mitigation services.
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Set to accelerate the state's space economy and create jobs – a $6.5 million, ground-breaking South Australian space mission has today been announced by.