Fleet Space Technologies said its new 5,000sqm ‘GHQ’ would be based at the airport's Catalyst Park precinct and feature “advanced manufacturing and data centre technologies”.
The Australian Space Agency said an alert was issued because the re-entry of the Stage II Soyuz 2-1B Fregat mirrored a “near-identical” mission in August 2023.
Southern Launch, which operates the site, confirmed Varda’s W-2 spacecraft touched down using a parachute at 1:02am local time and was monitored on the way down with tracking telescopes.
The chief technology officer of the University of Southern Queensland’s iLAuNCH program, Dr Joni Sytsma, has joined the impressive speaker line-up to discuss the potential for dual-use innovation in space and defence.
The appointment of Dan Lloyd comes months after the axing of the $3 billion JP9102 SATCOM project and also follows the cancellation of several other high-profile space contracts in 2023.
The green light marks the final regulatory hurdle that needed to be cleared and follows the Australian Space Agency granting the company a launch licence in November.