WELCOME TO
Space
Centre
Australia
A global gateway to orbit — Home to Australia’s first large-scale, multi-use spaceport at Cape York, 12° South.
Where Space Lifts Off.
As result of our commitment to advancing the Australian and International space industries, we are designed with a strong focus on collaboration.
acknowledgement to country
In the spirit of reconciliation and respect, Space Centre Australia acknowledges the First Nations peoples of Australia, the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work. We honour their enduring connection to country, sky, and sea as the world’s first storytellers, scientists, and guardians of knowledge whose culture extends over 60,000 years.
We also acknowledge and pay our deepest respects to the Indigenous and Native American peoples of the United States, upon whose ancestral lands we are privileged to operate on in Virginia. We recognise their stewardship, cultural resilience, and continuing spiritual relationship with the land and heavens above.
Space Centre Australia pays respect to Elders and Leaders past, present, and emerging across both nations.
May we walk together in the spirit of learning, preservation, and shared responsibility for a sustainable future for all peoples, communities, and generations to come.
Welcome to Space Centre Australia
Australia’s Premier Launch Gateway to Orbit and Beyond
Strategically located just 43km east of Weipa in Northern Queensland, the Atakani Space Centre is designed to become the Southern Hemisphere’s most advanced and commercially capable launch facility.
With clear skies, zero population density, and unrestricted access to key orbital corridors, Atakani offers an ideal launch environment for government, defence, and commercial missions. Its location, safely outside of civilian airspace and shipping lanes, ensures both operational efficiency and public safety.
Purpose-built for suborbital, LEO, and deep space missions, Atakani’s geographic advantage enables direct, high-frequency access to equatorial, polar, and sun-synchronous orbits—positioning Space Centre Australia as a critical gateway in the global space economy.
The location
SPACE VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT
Space Centre Australia will offer an environment uniquely configured for space vehicle development.
Notably, we will offer a certified static clean room for payload development and integration at Initial Operating Capability (IOC)
Correspondingly, modular launch vehicle development will be supported by specialized, heavy-handling systems, and staging platforms.
Space Centre Australia will feature services providing assurance of completed launch vehicles prior to staging and launch zones.
Space LAUNCH OPERATIONS
Due to every launch operation being unique, Space Centre Australia tailors our approach to each project’s needs.
Risk reduction is essential to maintaining the safety and affordability of launch operations, and to this end, Space Centre Australia will offer speciality knowledge in the areas of licencing, regulation requirements, and insurances.
Integration of launch systems into Space Centre Australia’s mission system will allow for precise analyses of each launch activity.
In order to successfully support tenancies of varying durations, we will specialise in end-to-end solutions for long-term occupancies, sustaining projects from inception to launch, and beyond.
We will also offer secure handoff capabilities for projects spread over multiple operations centres.
Space MISSION OPERATIONS
Mission Control is at the heart of every launch operation.
As a result of this, Space Centre Australia will feature an advanced Mission Control Operations facility for projects which require wholistic solutions.
With a multi-tenanted secure room, the facility design accordingly allows for simultaneous, isolated mission operations.
Space Centre Australia will be completely scalable to provide capacity for both short- and long-term tenancies.
Capabilities will include space vehicle development, testing, certification, launches, and mission control.
For those who require security regarding mission handoff, Space Centre Australia will feature a secure operations centre, secure datacentre, and a secure broadband satellite communications station.
Space Centre Australia OPPORTUNITIES
Careers
We will soon be opening up new recruitment rounds for roles with Space Centre Australia. Follow us on our social media pages to stay updated.
CONTACT
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 3161, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 4870
Locations (Australia):
- Cairns, Queensland, Australia
- Weipa, Queensland, Australia
Locations (International):
- Wallops Island, Virginia, United States of America
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
Hours AEST GMT +10
Mon 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Tue 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Wed 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Thu 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Fri 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Sat Closed
Sun Closed
Contact Number:
Australia Only: 1800 971 610
International: +61 402 444 966
USA: +1 571 646 6070
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