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Space Machines Company will make satellites at Bradfield's Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility under a NSW government agreement, and last month finalised its Scintilla 3D-printed rocket engine.
CSIRO has printed what is called a national-first dual-metal rocket thruster for Space Machines Company's Optimus Viper spacecraft under the iLAuNCH program; the founders appear on the publisher's podcast this week.
An Australian satellite servicing firm leads an India-Australia debris management mission backed by an $8.5 million government grant; two other companies also won awards under the bilateral space program.
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Space Machines Company says its Optimus orbital servicing vehicle, described as Australia's largest private satellite, lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, with Australian firms and research partners among those involved in the mission.
SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.
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