Top 12 Space startups in Australia
Mar 03, 2026
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Funding: $322.5M
Gilmour Space Technologies is a space rocket company that develops low-cost hybrid launch vehicles.
Gilmour Space Technologies is a space rocket company that develops low-cost hybrid launch vehicles.
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Funding: $100M
AICRAFT offers customized artificial intelligence (AI) models and embedded systems for multi-sensor and multi-modal computing at the edge.
AICRAFT offers customized artificial intelligence (AI) models and embedded systems for multi-sensor and multi-modal computing at the edge.
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Funding: $6M
Quasar Satellite Technologies provides ground station service for satellite operators and users.
Quasar Satellite Technologies provides ground station service for satellite operators and users.
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Funding: $4.4M
Esper develops and operates remote sensing satellites capable of acquiring high-resolution hyperspectral imagery to more effectively locate minerals, accelerate exploration and improve the efficiency of manufacturing operations. The company aims to acquire hyperspectral imagery from space at a significantly lower cost than its competitors. Esper reduces costs by using many standard components and consumer-grade electronics rather than more expensive optical systems. Software ensures data accuracy, allowing users to detect the chemical fingerprint of many different substances, including minerals, chemicals, gases, and vegetation.
Esper develops and operates remote sensing satellites capable of acquiring high-resolution hyperspectral imagery to more effectively locate minerals, accelerate exploration and improve the efficiency of manufacturing operations. The company aims to acquire hyperspectral imagery from space at a significantly lower cost than its competitors. Esper reduces costs by using many standard components and consumer-grade electronics rather than more expensive optical systems. Software ensures data accuracy, allowing users to detect the chemical fingerprint of many different substances, including minerals, chemicals, gases, and vegetation.
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Funding: A$2.3M
Metakosmos is working on improving access to human spaceflight to wider group of users through Komsosuit, an accessible spacesuit technology.
Metakosmos is working on improving access to human spaceflight to wider group of users through Komsosuit, an accessible spacesuit technology.
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Funding: $100K
Safety From Space provides safety, security and resilient connectivity through space technologies.
Safety From Space provides safety, security and resilient connectivity through space technologies.
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Funding: A$25K
Exodus is an early stage company working on a new, versatile and scalable solution for Space Debris, the legacy of 60 years of spaceflight.
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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Funding: A$25K
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.
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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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.
