Skykraft, a Canberra-based space services company, is working with Airservices on the project and hopes to have the first tranche of satellites operational later this year.

Thirteen patients are being assessed at Main Beach following reports two helicopters crashed into each other.

It comes after it was revealed that there were 340 instances of ‘uncontrolled airspace’ since June last year in areas usually monitored by staff in towers.

Engineers replaced the faulty sensor earlier this week, and the aircraft, VH-OQH, was deemed safe to fly by the airline’s engineers and an Airbus representative.