Southern Launch
Operates two spaceports in South Australia providing orbital launch, suborbital testing, orbital re-entry, and range services for domestic and international customers
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Southern Launch is an Australian spaceport operator and launch services provider headquartered in Adelaide. Founded in 2017, the company owns and operates two facilities licensed by the Australian Space Agency: the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex on the Eyre Peninsula and the Koonibba Test Range near Ceduna. Whalers Way supports polar and sun-synchronous orbit trajectories, while the Koonibba Test Range is the largest commercial rocket testing facility in the Southern Hemisphere, supporting suborbital launches, orbital re-entries, and hypersonic vehicle testing. Southern Launch provides end-to-end mission services and was developed in collaboration with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation.
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