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Australian Civil Space Strategy released

The Australian Space Agency (ASA) finalising of legislation and regulations, the sector’s contribution to GDP to $12
has released a 10 year plan to guide and a focus on robotics, automation, billion and creating an additional 20,000
the growth of the country’s civilian space launch, space situational awareness, jobs by 2030,” Dr Clark said. “We also
industry. and more. aim to stimulate at least a $1 billion
The plan lays out a number of The first two national civil space pipeline of inbound capital investment
‘strategic space pillars’ that aim to priorities – position, navigation and in Australia’s civil space industry sector
create a competitive environment timing, and Earth observation – received between 2019 and 2028; [and] achieve
for industry: international, leveraging $224.9m and $36.9m respectively year-on-year growth of the Australian
bilateral and multilateral partnerships to Geoscience Australia in the 2018 space sector that exceeds 8.5 per cent.”
to make Australian players globally Federal Budget. According to the strategy, the ASA
competitive; national, to bring the “With the rapid transformation of the also hopes to participate in a joint
benefits of a growing space sector sector the time is right for Australia to international mission before 2028.
into the wider economy; responsible, leverage its competitive advantages; There are a number of challenges
to guide activity under an appropriate with our unique location to connect ahead that the document acknowledges.
framework and adhere to international with space; robotics, sensors and Foremost amongst these is the
norms; and inspire, investing in the next automation; and our capability in competitiveness of the global sector.
generation of space workers. advanced communication, quantum Australia’s aerospace industry,
These will be developed in three technology, rocket propulsion, space
phases –setting the conditions for growth medicine and astronomy, to take its which underpins space presence, is
significantly smaller than those of the
in 2019, ‘engaging with opportunity’ place in the global space sector,”
between 2019-2021, and ‘delivering Agency head Dr Megan Clarke said. US and Europe. This means Australian
success’ between 2021-2028. Dr Clarke also went into specific companies will need to focus on areas
The second and third phases will see detail on what exactly the Agency hopes of comparative advantage, such as
delivery of the $15 million International to achieve. geography, in order to demonstrate
Space Investment Initiative, the $19.5 “We will report every two years on value to cashed-up foreign players.
million Space Infrastructure Fund, the our progress towards our goal of tripling Courtesy Australian Defence Magazine

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