(Last Reviewed :  14/04/2008 )

Upcoming Activities

The upcoming activities table lists the activities of persons that have applied for or have been granted an approval under the Space Activities Act 1998. Activities that do not require an approval under the Act are not listed, for example those that do not ascend to an altitude of 100km or more. Also excluded are activities of persons that have not yet applied for an approval under the Act.

Event #

Date

Activity

Location

Spacecraft/Payload

Launch Vehicle

Licensee

7

 2010

Return

Woomera

Hayabusa (Muses-C) Re-entry Capsule

-

JAXA

 

Recent Space Activities

Event #

Date

Location

Spacecraft/ Payload

Launch Vehicle

Result

Licensee

6

5 October 2007

Kourou Spaceport, French Guiana

Optus D-2 Communications Satellite

Ariane 5GS

Success

Optus

5

13 October 2006

Kourou Spaceport, French Guiana

Optus D-1 Communications Satellite

Ariane 5ECA

Success

Optus 

 

4

12 June 2003

Kourou Spaceport, French Guiana

Optus C-1 Communications Satellite

Ariane 44L/5

Success

Optus 

 

3

14 December 2002

Tanegashema Launch Complex, Japan

FedSat

H-IIA

Success

CSIRO/ CRCSS

 

2

30 July 2002

Woomera

Hyshot Scramjet

Terrier-Orion

Success

UQ

1

30 October 2001

Woomera

Hyshot Scramjet

Terrier-Orion

Failure

UQ

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