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Opportunities for Australian Space Leadership, Delivered by Professor Anna Moore FTSE
There are five challenges we need to talk about now that will shape the way we think about and act upon future opportunities for the Australian space sector.
ANU InSpace Director, Professor Anna Moore FTSE, highlighted them all in a passionate talk at Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) Southern Space 2024 this past week.
This is Professor Moore's full speech, with an introduction and all five challenges.
ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station Build Timelapse
The Australian National University launched the Quantum Optical Ground Station (QOGS), a first for Australia, in December 2023. The QOGS is equipped with advanced instrumentation including adaptive optics and quantum technology to enable high performance communication with enhanced security. ANU technology enables communication links in challenging environments for a range of mission scenarios from LEO and GEO to lunar and deep space. This will enhance system-wide resilience by augmenting existing telecommunication infrastructure. The facility is up and running, with the ability to host hardware for research or commercial application.
With its quantum capability this ground station will also provide the underlying infrastructure to connect quantum devices and establish a quantum internet for improved computation, sensing accuracy, and provably secure communications. Upgrades are already underway to enable communication to Lunar distances, with other more advanced communication techniques also in the works.
See the ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station being built in less than a minute!
The ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station is supported by funding from the ACT Government, with additional support from the Australian Space Agency, CSIRO, and the ANU Institute for Space | InSpace.
2023 ANU InSpace Media Wrap Up
Itβs been a big year for ANU InSpace! We hosted and attended over two dozen meetings, events, and conferences. We networked with hundreds of people involved in the space sector from academia, industry, government, and the community. We welcomed three new Business Development Managers onto our team. We won awards and honours and continued our commitment to be leading advocates for space research.
Three of our flagship missions took off: the Quantum Optical Ground Station opened to great fanfare in December, our Associate Director Dr. Cassandra Steer and her team launched the Australian Centre for Space Governance as its own entity, and the National Space Qualification Network (NSQN) cemented its position as a leading space testing organisation with a thriving community and celebrated the opening of the new space irradiation beamline at the Heavy Ion Accelerators Facility.
But this is just the beginning. Thereβs so much on the horizon for ANU InSpace and for the space industry. Hereβs to everything 2023 brought us and to everything yet to come.
Congratulations to Ute Roessner, new CEO at the ARC
Here at ANU Institute for Space | InSpace, we wish all the best to Ute Roessner AM FAA on her new position as CEO at the Australian Research Council. ANU InSpace has been honoured to have Ute serve as Board Member, and she has been a supporter and enthusiast of all our endeavours. Thank you for everything, Ute, and here's to continued collaborations between ARC and ANU InSpace.
ANU researcher Alan Chan participates with AROSE space workforce training
We want to highlight the wonderful experiences of The Australian National University's researcher Alan Chan who is embracing the opportunities he had to participate with AROSE in internationally recognised space workforce training. Please read about his time at the Australian Milo Mission Academy for Lunar Exploration and get inspired!
Prestigious Jackson-Gwilt Medal awarded to ANU InSpace Director Professor Anna Moore
We are so proud of our Director Anna Moore FTSE who has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Jackson-Gwilt Medal, recognising outstanding invention, improvement, or development of astronomical or geophysical instrumentation or techniques.
Centre for Appropriate Technology Satellite Enterprises visits ANU InSpace
VisitsThis week we hosted the CfAT Satellite Enterprises Pty Ltd (CfATSE) at the ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station. This was a great opportunity to meet the team from CfATSE, to hear about their ground station site in Alice Springs, and to talk about the potential for working together in the future.
Space Command AU visits ANU InSpace
VisitsANU Institute for Space was delighted to host Space Command AU last week (Defence Space Commander Major General Greg Novak, Major Hannah Banks and Lieutenant Chris Maclean) and to show them ANU space capability sites including Heavy Ion Accelerators, National Space Test Facility (NSTF) and the Quantum Optical Ground Station.
Theory to Practice Workshop held in collaboration with ANU CECC and DSTG
EventsYesterday we held the first ππ‘ππ¨π«π² ππ¨ ππ«ππππ’ππ ππ¨π«π€π¬π‘π¨π©, focussing on trustworthy autonomy and AI. This was the first workshop in a series of workshops co-developed by ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics School of Engineering, ANU Institute for Space, and Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG).