Eyre Peninsula
Place in South Australia
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| June 2024 | An environmental impact statement for the Northern Water Supply Project is anticipated to be released. |
| May 2024 |
Koonibba Test Range
Koonibba Aboriginal School students, with assistance from Southern Launch engineers, developed rockets and presented their work at a STEM conference in Adelaide, highlighting educational benefits of the rocket test range facility.
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| May 3 2024 |
Koonibba Test Range
HyImpulse's SR75 suborbital rocket completed its maiden launch from Koonibba, titled 'Light this Candle'. The German-made hybrid-propellant rocket, fueled by candle wax, was the largest spacecraft launched on Australian soil.
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| 2023 | Potential completion of Port Spencer by Centrex Metals at Lipson Cove. |
| 2023 | The Northern Water Supply Project business case was under development, with plans for a 94.9 GL/year desalination plant to support Olympic Dam mine, Carapateena mine, and hydrogen production. |
| October 2023 |
Koonibba Test Range
Varda Space Industries reached an agreement with Southern Launch to use the Koonibba Test Range for reentry and landing of their second mission, planned for mid-2024.
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| 2022 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
ATSpace scheduled two additional test launches of the Hapith I vehicle (renamed Kestrel I) for late 2022.
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| 2022 | The South Australian government announced the Northern Water Supply Project, considering a business case for a large seawater desalination plant in the upper Spencer Gulf. |
| September 16 2021 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
TiSPACE company conducted the maiden flight of the Hapith I rocket (flight VS01) from Whalers Way Pad 1, which was the first of three planned test launches. The launch failed at ignition, causing the rocket to catch fire. The rocket was carrying an Ionosphere Scintillation Package (ISP) for the Taiwanese National Space Organization.
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| September 9 2021 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
Protests occurred at the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex site ahead of the first scheduled launch, triggered by reports of whales in nearby Fishery Bay, which later were confirmed to be 30km away in Boston Bay.
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| July 14 2021 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
The facility was officially approved by the Australian Space Agency for commercial satellite launches.
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| 2020 |
Koonibba Test Range
Koonibba Test Range was reported as the world's largest privately owned rocket test range and the first permitted by an indigenous community to be launched from their land.
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| September 19 2020 |
Koonibba Test Range
DEWC Systems successfully conducted two rocket launches from the Koonibba Test Range, aimed at collecting information for developing cubesat technology for electronic warfare.
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| September 15 2020 |
Koonibba Test Range
DEWC Systems initially attempted a rocket launch with a small replica payload, which failed.
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| July 2020 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
Perigee Aerospace planned the first launch of its 'Blue Whale 1' rocket at Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, though the launch had not occurred by late August 2020.
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| 2019 |
Koonibba Test Range
Southern Launch began consulting with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation about developing the test range site, with local community members subsequently employed to set up and operate the range.
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| October 23 2019 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
Southern Launch made a joint announcement with Perigee Aerospace of South Korea about the launch of the 'Blue Whale 1' rocket from the Whalers Way facility.
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| August 22 2019 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
The Whalers Way project was declared a major development by the state of South Australia.
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| 2018 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
Southern Launch established its headquarters in Adelaide, before the city was announced as home for the Australian Space Agency.
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| December 2018 |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
The launchpad at Whalers Way was publicly announced by Southern Launch.
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| October 2016 | Sundrop Farms became operational with a 3 GL/year seawater desalination plant in Port Augusta for growing vegetables. |
| 2013 | Arrium completed inner harbour expansion at Whyalla. |
| 2013 | Centrex Metals proposed a 5-20 GL/year seawater desalination plant at Lipson Cove for an iron ore slurry pipeline, which was not constructed. |
| 2013 | SeaSA proposed Lucky Bay Common User Export Facility harbour expansion, with construction commencing in the same year. |
| 2013 | Iron Road Limited proposed a port development at Cape Hardy. |
| 2012 | Spencer Gulf Port Link proposed Port Bonython Bulk Commodities Export Facility. |
| 2011 | Centrex Metals proposed Port Spencer (formerly Sheep Hill) port development at Lipson Cove in Spencer Gulf. |
| 2011 | BHP approved a 100 GL/year seawater desalination plant at Point Lowly for Olympic Dam mine mineral processing, though the plant was not constructed. |
| 2011 | Arrium commissioned a 1.6 GL/year seawater desalination plant in Whyalla for Whyalla Steelworks industrial supply. |
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