The first Australian-built satellites in 15 years were launched into space by NASA on Wednesday, in what researchers hope will be the beginnings of a renewed space exploration effort by Australia.
It’s only the third time that Australian-built satellites have been sent into space, said Andrew Dempster, the director of the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER) at UNSW, which built two of the satellites.
The first satellite was launched back in 1967, followed by one in 2002.
“So we’ve got more hardware in space today than Australia’s had in its history,” he said.
The three ‘cubesats’ join a total of 28 satellites which were launched into space aboard a rocket from an air force station in Florida.
The tiny ‘cubesats’ weigh just 1.3kg each, but researchers say they could provide us with groundbreaking information on our weather and communication systems…
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