October 1, 2019
Moonwalk into Territory space industry forums this OBM
Did you know that the Territory is home to current and future globally significant space infrastructure, including:
- NASA’s Alice Springs Ballooning Facility: managed by CSIRO, the facility regularly hosts international space agencies for scientific ballooning campaigns
- Geoscience Australia’s Alice Springs ground station - part of the Landsat Network
- Viasat’s Real-Time Earth Facility - the US multinational has chosen Alice Springs as the location for expansion of its Real-Time Earth ground station network
- Equatorial Launch Australia’s Arnhem Space Centre: Australia’s first commercial launch facility, from which NASA plans to conduct its 2020 sub-orbital sounding rocket campaign.
The Territory is ideally placed to host key infrastructure and services for Australia’s space industry. Infrastructure and services may include:
- ground station systems
- launch services
- downstream space industries.
Developing a local space industry complements the Territory’s existing defence, aviation, and land and marine management sectors.
To hear more about the Territory space industry register to attend one of our forums. It’s free to attend:
- 16 October 2019: book for the Nhulunbuy event
- 17 October 2019: book for the Darwin event
- 18 October 2019: book for the Alice Springs event
Confirmed speakers are:
Carley Scott MAICD, ACEcD
Chief Executive Officer, Equatorial Launch Australia - Australia’s national spaceport
Carley is currently leading the development of Australia’s national spaceport, securing a world first with NASA planning to launch from the site in 2020. Carley is an advisor to CSIRO for advanced manufacturing; the Space Industry Association of Australia for rocket launch, sits on the $245 million SmartSat CRC ‘start-up establishment committee’ and is a mentor for the Moonshot accelerator program.
Previously living in the Northern Territory, Carley was entrusted by Rio Tinto and the Northern Territory Government as the inaugural chief executive officer building Developing East Arnhem Limited, an award winning economic development company which is internationally referred to as best practice for developing towns in transition.
Dr Mark Lim
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Aliena
Aliena is Singapore’s latest and fastest growing space-tech start-up. Aliena aims to make space accessible to commercial entities through the provision of ultra-low power plasma thruster systems targeted at the small and cube satellite markets.
Dr Lim Jian Wei Mark holds concurrent appointments as the lead scientist at the Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and as an adjunct lecturer at the National Institute of Education.
Dr Steve Rogers
Chief Executive Officer Centre for Appropriate Technology
Dr. Steve Rogers is the Chief Executive Officer of The Centre for Appropriate Technology Ltd (CfAT Ltd), an Aboriginal controlled not-for-profit company based in Alice Springs, operating across rural and remote Australia.
Steve has led the establishment of CfAT Satellite Enterprises Pty Ltd that has partnered with Viasat Inc a global satellite technology company, to establish a multi-million dollar commercial satellite ground station on CfAT Ltd’s property in Alice Springs that will be operational in early 2020.
Rod Drury
Chair of the Space Industry Association of Australia and Managing Director Australia and NZ Lockheed Martin Space
Rod Drury is the Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand for Lockheed Martin Space at Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this role Rod, in partnership with the LM Space Lines of Business, is responsible for the strategy, growth and execution of all LM Space business activities in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this role, Rod was the Regional Director, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Space Systems Company International at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.
Before joining Lockheed Martin in 2013, Rod established and managed several businesses delivering solutions across a range of market sectors including aerospace, corporate government relations, agribusiness and critical information security. He also spent 11 years working for the Boeing Corporation in Australia and served in the Royal Australian Air Force for 20 years.
He is chair of the Space Industry Association of Australia and a member of the South Australian Space Council.