Top 13 Space startups in Australia

Sep 09, 2025
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1
Metakosmos
Funding: A$2.3M
Metakosmos is working on improving access to human spaceflight to wider group of users through Komsosuit, an accessible spacesuit technology.
2
Esper
Funding: $4.3M
Builder and operator of remote sensing satellites capable of high-resolution hyperspectral imagery.
3
Fleet Space
Funding: $170.1M
Fleet is a space tech company that explores for critical minerals
4
Gilmour Space Technologies
Funding: $168.2M
Gilmour Space Technologies is a space rocket company that develops low-cost hybrid launch vehicles.
5
AICRAFT
Funding: $100M
AICRAFT offers customized artificial intelligence (AI) models and embedded systems for multi-sensor and multi-modal computing at the edge.
6
Quasar Satellite Technologies
Funding: $6M
Quasar Satellite Technologies provides ground station service for satellite operators and users.
7
Safety from Space
Funding: $100K
Safety From Space provides safety, security and resilient connectivity through space technologies.
8
exci
exci is the “Smoke Alarm for the Bush”. The exci system detects bushfires automatically within minutes, using satellite and ground-based sensor data analysed by powerful deep machine learning algorithms.
9
Exodus Space Systems
Exodus is an early stage company working on a new, versatile and scalable solution for Space Debris, the legacy of 60 years of spaceflight.
10
Nominal Systems
Nominal is a satellite digital twinning platform built from the ground up to get your mission into orbit as quickly as possible.
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com