https://spacewatch.global/tag/asc/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 04 Oct 2024 08:37:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/asc/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/ela-appoints-francois-lambert-as-regulatory-lead/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61484 Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), has appointed Francois Lambert as its new General Manager of Regulatory & Corporate Affairs. In this role, Lambert will work closely with ELA’s CEO to lead and develop the implementation of ELA’s Launch Facility Licence and Launch Permit Application frameworks. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/ela-appoints-nina-patz-as-new-head-of-business-development/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56821 Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has announced Nina Patz as its new Head of Business Development. Nina’s appointment adds to the company’s senior commercial team as it approaches its next scheduled launches commencing in mid-2025 with South Korean rocket company, Innospace.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/ela-signs-multi-launch-contract-with-innospace/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50626 Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has signed a multi-year, multi-launch contract with INNOSPACE for orbital launches from the Australian spaceport. The agreement will consequently see the launch of several INNOSPACE rocket variants, each carrying between 50kg and 500kg payloads into low earth orbit from the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) across five years until Dec 2028. ELA believes the signing of this contract has validated its business concept and development plans by securing INNOSPACE as the first commercial company to become a ‘resident launcher’ (long-term tenant and regular launcher) at the Australian spaceport.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/ela-successfully-conducts-australias-first-ever-commercial-space-launch/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41796 The developer, owner and operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC), Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), successfully completed Australia’s first commercial space launch on the Gove Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory, in cooperation with NASA, ELA reported. The BBIX rocket launch was NASA’s first launch from a fully commercial spaceport and the first of three rocket launches.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/ela-and-nasa-to-conduct-australias-first-commercial-launch/ Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41401 Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) the developer, owner and operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) on the Gove Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory will be making Australia’s first commercial space launch on 26th June with its client, NASA, ELA said. The launch vehicle is a BBIX rocket that will carry an atmospheric ]]>