Top 9 Space startups in Australia

Updated: March 10, 2024 | Editor: Boris Maslennikov

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Funding: $132.3M
Gilmour Space Technologies is a space rocket company that develops low-cost hybrid launch vehicles.
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Funding: $6M
Quasar Satellite Technologies provides ground station service for satellite operators and users.
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Funding: $1.2M
Builder and operator of remote sensing satellites capable of high-resolution hyperspectral imagery.
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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.
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Exodus is an early stage company working on a new, versatile and scalable solution for Space Debris, the legacy of 60 years of spaceflight.
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Nominal is a satellite digital twinning platform built from the ground up to get your mission into orbit as quickly as possible.
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We are an Earth observation data company that equips our customers, across multiple industries, with the information they need to optimise, plan, monitor, model, design and execute their business decisions and processes.
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Metakosmos is working on improving access to human spaceflight to wider group of users through Komsosuit, an accessible spacesuit technology.
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Infinity Avionics is a team of Australian engineers with years of experience in designing and deploying reliable, exceptional quality sensors and processors solutions for complex and sophisticated space missions.
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