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Space program overview Australia, in 3 editions.
The entry for Australia published Space program overview in 3 editions of 36, from 2023 to 2025. The text changed in 2 editions. Each is shown as published. Space program overview in every entry.
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- the first edition with it
- 2023
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Space program overview” (2023 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- has a long history of involvement in space-related activities, including astronomy, rockets, satellites, and space tracking;
- develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), navigational, and scientific/testing/research, often in partnership with other countries;
- develops other space technologies, including communications, RS capabilities, and telescopes;
- encouraging growth in domestic commercial space industry sector;
- cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency/EU and their individual member states, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the US;
- co-leads the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (2023)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S
has a long history of involvement in space-related activities, including astronomy, rockets, satellites, and space tracking; develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), navigational, and scientific/testing/research, often in partnership with other countries; develops other space technologies, including communications, RS capabilities, and telescopes; encouraging growth in domestic commercial space industry sector; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency/EU and their individual member states, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the US; co-leads the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (2023)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S
- has a long history of involvement in space-related activities, including astronomy, rockets, satellites, and space tracking;
- develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), navigational, and scientific/testing/research, often in partnership with other countries;
- develops other space technologies, including communications, RS capabilities, and telescopes;
- encouraging growth in domestic commercial space industry sector;
- cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency/EU and their individual member states, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the US;
- co-leads the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide
has a long history of involvement in space-related activities, including astronomy, rockets, satellites, and space tracking; develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), navigational, and scientific/testing/research, often in partnership with other countries; develops other space technologies, including communications, RS capabilities, and telescopes; encouraging growth in domestic commercial space industry sector; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency/EU and their individual member states, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the US; co-leads the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (2023) (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S the Space Programs reference guide
- has a history of involvement in space-related activities, including astronomy, rockets, satellites, and space tracking;
- develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and navigational, often in partnership with other countries;
- develops other space technologies, including communications, RS capabilities, and telescopes;
- encouraging growth in domestic commercial space-industry sector, including satellite launch vehicles;
- cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the ESA, individual ESA member states, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the US;
- co-leads the Global Earth Observation System of Systems and hosts one of the telescopes for the international Square Kilometer Array radio telescope (2025)
has a long history of involvement in space-related activities, including astronomy, rockets, satellites, and space tracking; develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), navigational, and scientific/testing/research, navigational, often in partnership with other countries; develops other space technologies, including communications, RS capabilities, and telescopes; encouraging growth in domestic commercial space industry sector; space-industry sector, including satellite launch vehicles; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency/EU and their ESA, individual ESA member states, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the US; co-leads the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (2024) and
note: further details about the key activities, programs,milestones hosts one of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in telescopes for the Space Programs reference guide international Square Kilometer Array radio telescope (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Australia: Space program overview.” The World Factbook, 2023–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/australia/space-program-overview.