Supported by $50 million in funding from the Australian Government’s inaugural $362.5 million Trailblazer Universities Program, and with a total of $180 million to invest in industry research, commercialisation, and manufacturing, we are committed to Australia’s burgeoning space industry through growing our commercially viable civil rockets, rocket test and launch facilities, rapid satellite manufacturing, communication technologies, and integrated sensing systems. Ultimately this will prepare Australia for successful and sustainable space mission success.

The program’s comprehensive training, education, and outreach programs will help to produce the next generation of industry professionals. Its commercialisation branch will translate research outcomes into commercially viable products, simultaneously developing Australia’s sovereign capability in space and creating an industry which can deliver products onto the international market.

This holistic approach to a vibrant research and development ecosystem will contribute to attracting and retaining talent, as well as securing a pipeline of highly skilled workforce to regional Australia and create a legacy in space for the benefit of Australia and the Australian community.

ANU has the following projects with iLAuNCH: