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. Our Project Few Australians are aware that their nation was once at the forefront of Space exploration and development. On the 29th of November 1967 Australia became the fifth country (third from its own territory) to launch a locally produced satellite (WRESAT). A US supplied Redstone launch vehicle was used. Space Services Australia proposes to build a launch vehicle that can provide an orbital lift capability for:
Suborbital payloads are primarily science experiments that are currently launched by sounding rockets. Examples are materials processing experiments, and zero-g checkout of small Space Shuttle payloads. Because of the expected low flight price, we will be able to provide experiments that now fly as secondary payloads, with a dedicated flight on demand. Microgravity research experiments are currently being flown by expendable sounding rockets which can cost up to $4 million per flight. Microsatellite Delivery: In this configuration, our vehicle will be capable of putting a microsatellite or Nanosatellite into low Earth orbit. This vehicle will service the current small payload market as well as customers who today are not in the satellite launch market for reasons of expense and lead time. Our price goal is under $1,000,000 per flight. The overall project timeline is based upon the following but is dependent upon the raising of funds and resources. Currently we are looking into developing a Hybrid Engine powered system. For a history of the Hybrid Engine click here. We envision a development process that will require a series of rockets of increasing performance.
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