'We're going global from Canberra': Company prepares to launch satellites on SpaceX rocket

In an unassuming building on the old Canberra Institute of Technology campus in Reid, the largest ever Australian made payload to go into space is being assembled.Seven satellites made in Canberra are being prepared for launch on a SpaceX rocket next year

Chief engineer Doug Griffin said the payload was the first in a planned 'satellite constellation' of more than 200 spacecraft, which would act as an air traffic management system to provide continuous coverage of planes across the globe. Chief Innovation Officer Craig Benson said the goal of the system was to make air travel "safer, faster, cheaper and with fewer emissions.""We put receivers in space – they give global coverage: every aircraft's tracked, every minute of its flight – second by second updates – that increases safety.

Former Civil Aviation Safety Authority chief executive and now Skykraft's executive chairman, retired Air Vice Marshall Mark Skidmore said recent drops in launch costs driven by rising competition amongst commercial space launch companies was making it possible for smaller enterprises to put their technology into orbit for trial.

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