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Old 04-01-2023, 09:31 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
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First Five of 200 Launched

Always like reading about Australian achievements .. even if they are considered small.

Skykraft a Canberra-based space-services company has sent the largest Australian-made payload into space. At approximately 300kg, this locally manufactured satellite stack weighs more than the total mass of all Australian-built space objects ever launched.


The 5 satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, around 1.56 am on 4 January 2023 AEDT on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.


This launch will be the first of over 200 satellites set to orbit the Earth over the next 2 years that will make global air travel smoother and more efficient.




https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-...ment/101826144

https://www.skykraft.com.au/
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