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:
Projects
Carbon-fibre additive manufacturing for products for space: rocket body structures
ANU Lead: Professor Patrick Kluth
Industry Partner: New Frontier Technologies
Carbon-fibre additive manufacturing for products for space: protective nanomaterial coatings for satellite structures
ANU Lead: Professor Patrick Kluth
Industry Partner: New Frontier Technologies
Manufacturing a space transportation and logistics platform
ANU Lead: Eduardo Trifoni
Industry Partner: Space Machines Company
Development and manufacture wearable-based health solutions for space medicine
ANU Lead: Professor Klaus-Martin Schulte
Industry Partners: Liquid Instruments, Aspen Medical, Saber Astronautics
Produce advanced AI/ML-enabled space surveillance mission for hypersonic missile defence by building a mission concept and payload prototype Phase A1
ANU Lead: Dr Joice Mathew
Partners: Northrop Grumman Australia, Spiral Blue, the University of South Australia, the University of Southern Queensland
Projects (continued)
Software defined radio for satellite communications
ANU Lead: Professor Nan Yang
Industry Partner: Inovor Technologies
Space health microwearables in Astronaut Mission
ANU Lead: Professor Klaus Martin Schulte
Industry Partners: Axiom Space, Aqacia
A multi-sensor detector platform for Earth Observation
ANU Lead: Professor Rob Sharp
Industry Partners: Leonardo UK, Spiral Blue, Nominal Systems
Innovative vectored thrust control system for enhanced manoeuvrability of small satellites
ANU Lead: Dr Mahdi Davoodianidalik
Industry Partners: Boswell Technologies, Azista BST
Satellite identification from the ground using optical beacons
ANU Lead: Tony Travouillon
Industry Partners: HEO Robotics, ANT61
Next Generation Satellite Communications
ANU Lead: Francis Bennet
Industry Partners: Optus, Leonardo UK
Collaborative partners
Breaking news
ANU researcher Alan Chan participates with AROSE space workforce training
15-01-2025We 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!