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Originally Posted by pluto
There were a few orbital launches and many sub-orbital launches from Woomera, though not with Australian designed/built rockets.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that Australia was the third country in the world to launch it's own satellite from it's own soil, I think using a Redstone.
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There was a US company (Kistler) setup in Woomera to start launches as recent as 15 years or less. But went broke I think.
Even Branson was considering Australia as a launch site for Starship