NASA Launches Mini Hubble telescope, A great achievement for Australian Space Industry

First NASA rocket launched from Australia since 1995

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched Sarorbital Sounding Records from Arnhem Space Center in Australia and the special thing is that it is the first NASA rocket to be launched in Australia since 1995. These three rockets are 13-meter sounding rockets manufactured by NASA, which will not reach space orbit but will make scientific observations.

In fact, in 2019, NASA announced the launch of three rockets from the Arnham Space Center located in the northern region of the Dhupuma Plateau near Nulunbay, but the program was postponed due to the Corona epidemic and travel restrictions, which were now completed by NASA. Is. These rockets will be used to perform the kinds of scientific investigations of the Sun into physical, astrophysics and planetary science that can only be done in the Southern Hemisphere.

Michael Jones, CEO of Equatorial Launch Australia, told AFP ahead of the lift-off: “This is a particularly significant opportunity for us as a company, but it is historic for Australia.