Australian Space Agency

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AustraliaAustralia Australian Space Agency
- ASA -
State level national
Supervisory authority (s) Ministry of Industry and
Science
Consist since July 1, 2018
Headquarters Canberra
Authority management Megan Clark
Website space.gov.au
Today's ASA director Megan Clark (2010)

The Australian Space Agency ( ASA ), the Space Agency of Australia . It was founded with effect from July 1, 2018 and aims to make the Australian space industry more competitive. Since there are no direct space activities in Australia, this mainly affects companies in the defense and telecommunications sectors .

The head of the ASA is the geologist and former head of the research agency CSIRO Megan Clark .

founding

Australia's neighbor New Zealand founded its own space agency - the New Zealand Space Agency - in April 2016 to create a legal framework for rocket launches by the New Zealand start-up company Rocket Lab . In July 2017, the Australian government also announced that it was considering the establishment of a national space agency. Your primary task would be to prevent the loss of jobs and sales to international competition. Two and a half months later, the government announced the establishment of the Australian Space Agency, and in May 2018 the official decision was made to establish the agency. She took on July 1, 2018 to operate on and was for the first four years with a budget of 26 million Australian dollars equipped. In addition, $ 15 million was made available for participation in international projects. Megan Clark was appointed director. The space agency is initially based at the Ministry of Industry and Science in Canberra .

tasks and goals

The Australian Space Agency is supposed to coordinate the space-related activities in Australia and support the local space industry in order to improve their competitiveness. Its aim is to represent the interests of Australian industry internationally, to network it internationally and to ensure its access to global supply chains . Furthermore, the agency is to administer the legislation for civil Australian space activities.

The Australian government hopes that the new agency will help Australia participate in the global space boom that began in the 2010s and create 20,000 new jobs.

“We designed the Agency's purpose to completely transform and expand the Australian space industry. We are very commercial. We are the most industry-focused space agency in the world. "

- Megan Clark (October 2018)

As one of its first activities, the ASA was involved in an amendment to the Space Activities Act , the legal basis for space activities in Australia. The change in law came into force on August 31, 2019 and, among other things, simplifies the approval procedures for rockets and launch sites. Shortly thereafter, the ASA agreed with NASA to participate in their Artemis moon flight program , for which Australia would initially like to provide 150 million Australian dollars (corresponding to approx. 90 million euros).

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andrew P. Street: It's exciting that Australia is getting a space agency. But what will it do? In: The Guardian. September 26, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b c Jessica Washington and Kyle Brown: New Australian space agency to produce 20,000 more jobs. In: SBS News . May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Madison Reidy: Rocket Lab opens NZ for space business. In: stuff.co.nz. January 24, 2018, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Dan Conifer: Space agency on the cards as Government announces review of Australia's capabilities. In: ABC News . July 13, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Henry Belot: Australian space agency to employ Thousands and tap $ 420b industry, government says. In: ABC News. September 25, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
  6. ^ Australian Space Agency 'brilliant' but money-starved. In: The Sydney Morning Herald . July 16, 2019, accessed July 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Australian Space Agency ( Memento from May 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, accessed May 14, 2018.
  8. ^ New government space agency to join Industry Department. In: Financial Review . May 14, 2018, accessed May 15, 2018 .
  9. ^ Nick Whigham: High hopes for economic boost from the Australian Space Agency. In: news.com.au. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
  10. ^ Jeff Foust: Australia's new space agency plans commercial focus. In: Spacenews. October 2, 2018, accessed October 2, 2018 .
  11. ^ Deyana Goh: Dr Megan Clark details the priorities of the Australian Space Agency. In: Space Tech Asia. July 20, 2018, accessed September 4, 2019 .
  12. ^ Jeff Foust: Australia updates commercial launch regulations. In: Spacenews. April 9, 2019, accessed April 9, 2019 .
  13. ^ Jeff Foust: Australia to cooperate with NASA on lunar exploration. In: Spacenews. September 23, 2019, accessed September 23, 2019 .