Southern Launch (incorporated as SouthernLaunch.space Pty Ltd) is an Australian space company providing infrastructure and logistics support for orbital and sub-orbital launches of satellites and space payloads.

Facilities

Southern Launch is developing two multi-user launch sites in

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Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex is a proposed rocket-launching facility operated by Southern Launch at Whalers Way, in the locality of Sleaford near Port Lincoln on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. History of the project Southern Launch es ...

is located south of the

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Port Lincoln Port Lincoln is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located ...

at the southern tip of

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ...

, an important area of coastal conservation, marine sanctuary and native vegetation protection. Pending an environmental review and comment from local residents, the company intends that customers will be able to launch their rockets into orbit over the

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Koonibba Test Range The Koonibba Test Range is a rocket test range near the town of Koonibba in the far west of South Australia. Rockets are launched to the north, with a range of over the Yumbarra Conservation Park and Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area. Ko ...

is a sub-orbital rocket test facility under development near

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, north-west of Ceduna.

Rockets

In October 2019, Southern Launch signed an agreement with Perigee Aerospace of

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to use the Southern Launch rocket facilities from 2020. In February 2020, the company signed a launch service provider contract with DEWC Systems to be the first company to launch a payload aboard a sub-orbital rocket at the recently announced Koonibba Test Range. The launch occurred on 19 September 2020. Lock-red-alt-2

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References

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