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The opportunity

Equatorial Launch Australia’s Arnhem Space Centre will be Australia’s first commercial space launch facility, providing efficient launch, tracking and recovery options for government, research and commercial customers. Arnhem Space Centre is on track to commence operation in 2020 and will help to alleviate constraints on the supply of launch services resulting from increased demand for small satellites.

Equatorial Launch Australia is looking to attract equity investment and add to its growing portfolio of launch customers.

Why the Territory

Arnhem Space Centre is located in the Northern Territory’s East Arnhem region just 12 degees from the equator, allowing launch vehicles to leverage the earth’s rotation to gain extra velocity. This improves payload to fuel ratios providing significant cost savings over alternative global launch facilities.

The launch facility will initially be equipped with three launch pads to accommodate sub-orbital and small orbital satellite launch vehicles. The facility’s design will allow the site to reliably scale to support all current and future launch and recovery technologies. All orbits are achievable from Arnhem Space Centre, with comparative advantage in launches to equatorial low earth orbit, geosynchronous equatorial orbit, lunar orbit and deep space.

Strategic relationships

Equatorial Launch Australia has established a strong network of strategic relationships, all working to support the sustainability and growth of the Arnhem Space Centre. These include the Gumatj Traditional Owners, the Northern Territory Government and Developing East Arnhem Limited.

Equatorial Launch Australia has confirmed agreements with proven launch vehicle providers, as well as a number of international launch customers, with NASA planning to conduct a sub-orbital launch campaign from Arnhem Space Centre in 2021.

For further information on the space industry in the Northern Territory, go to the Department of Trade, Business and Innovation website.

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