Australia-India space collaboration projects receive $18 million funding

The Australian authorities has introduced $18 million funding in collaborative space projects with India.

The Australian firms which might be concerned within the venture are LatConnect60, Space Machines Company and Skykraft.

“The Australian Government is investing in collaborative space projects between Australia and India, strengthening the partnership of our nations and addressing mixed challenges like local weather change,” the Australian authorities mentioned in an announcement.

Each venture contains quite a few Australian and Indian companions, constructing invaluable industrial hyperlinks with the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Indian space sector.

The projects align with agreed precedence areas of strategic significance to each nations, developed from greater than a dozen session classes led by the Australian Space Agency and involving greater than 500 stakeholders.

“Australia and India have a protracted historical past of collaboration in space, together with Australia serving to observe India’s historic touchdown on the South Pole of the Moon in 2023 and supporting its upcoming Gaganyaan human space flight mission,” learn the assertion.

The first spherical of the International Space Investment India Projects program was introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2023, and is a part of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between our two nations.

Australian Minister Ed Husic mentioned: “Australia and India are enduring strategic companions, and by working collectively in space we are able to strengthen our relationship whereas additionally delivering outcomes that can profit our nations and area extra broadly.”

“These projects emphasise the position space science can play in enhancing cooperation in our area for mutual profit,” he mentioned.