https://www.spacebandits.io/countries/australia Dated, sourced milestones from the space companies in Australia that Space Bandits tracks. en https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/heo-robotics heo-robotics/2026-09-02/Continuum-1, a satellite bought from Satellogic, holds station near a spent Long March 2C stage and images it from about 40 km at 8 cm per pixel, HEO's first rendezvous and proximity operation Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Continuum-1, a satellite bought from Satellogic, holds station near a spent Long March 2C stage and images it from about 40 km at 8 cm per pixel, HEO's first rendezvous and proximity operation. Source: https://www.heospace.com/resources/stories/heo-releases-first-images-captured-during-rendezvous-and-proximity-operations-mission https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/heo-robotics heo-robotics/2026-02/Wins one of the NRO’s first three commercial non-Earth imaging contracts Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Wins one of the NRO’s first three commercial non-Earth imaging contracts. Source: https://spacenews.com/national-reconnaissance-office-adds-heo-satvu-and-sierra-nevada-to-commercial-imaging-program/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/heo-robotics heo-robotics/2025-11/Holmes Mk2 flies on Impulse’s Mira, the first NOAA-licensed non-Earth imaging payload cleared above 800 km Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Holmes Mk2 flies on Impulse’s Mira, the first NOAA-licensed non-Earth imaging payload cleared above 800 km. Source: https://www.heospace.com/resources/stories/heo-launches-first-noaa-licensed-non-earth-imaging-payload-authorized-above-800-kilometres https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/fleet fleet/2025-09/Opens a 5,300 m² satellite and sensor hyperfactory at Adelaide Airport Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Opens a 5,300 m² satellite and sensor hyperfactory at Adelaide Airport. Source: https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/business/2025/09/30/liftoff-fleet-space-opens-new-hyperfactory-at-adelaide-airport https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/gilmour-space gilmour-space/2025-07/Eris TestFlight 1, the first Australian-made orbital rocket to fly from Australian soil, lifts off and is lost 14 seconds in Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Eris TestFlight 1, the first Australian-made orbital rocket to fly from Australian soil, lifts off and is lost 14 seconds in. Source: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/australias-1st-orbital-rocket-gilmour-spaces-eris-fails-on-historic-debut-launch https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/fleet fleet/2025-03/Makes its first acquisition, buying hard-rock seismic company HiSeis Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT Makes its first acquisition, buying hard-rock seismic company HiSeis. Source: https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2025/03/05/fleet-space-technologies-makes-its-first-acquisition-to-boost-mineral-exploration-tech/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/gilmour-space gilmour-space/2024-11/Receives Australia’s first orbital launch permit, clearing Eris to fly from Bowen Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT Receives Australia’s first orbital launch permit, clearing Eris to fly from Bowen. Source: https://spacenews.com/gilmore-space-secures-license-for-first-orbital-launch/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/heo-robotics heo-robotics/2024-05/Images the ISS from a passing satellite 69 km away, closing at six kilometres a second Wed, 01 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT Images the ISS from a passing satellite 69 km away, closing at six kilometres a second. Source: https://www.space.com/international-space-station-satellite-photo-heo-robotics https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/fleet fleet/2023-11/Books SPIDER, a seismic payload hunting lunar water ice, on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 2 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT Books SPIDER, a seismic payload hunting lunar water ice, on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 2. Source: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-announces-agreement-with-fleet-space-to-deliver-payload-to-the-moon/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/heo-robotics heo-robotics/2023-08/Rebrands from HEO Robotics to HEO alongside its Series A Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT Rebrands from HEO Robotics to HEO alongside its Series A. Source: https://www.heospace.com/resources/stories/heo-unveils-groundbreaking-advancements-to-non-earth-imaging-at-t-minus-event-secures-12-million-aud-funding-led-by-airtree-ventures https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/heo-robotics heo-robotics/2023-06/Holmes, the first commercial camera dedicated to non-Earth imaging, reaches orbit on Turion Space’s Droid-1 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT Holmes, the first commercial camera dedicated to non-Earth imaging, reaches orbit on Turion Space’s Droid-1. Source: https://www.heospace.com/resources/stories/worlds-first-commercial-camera-dedicated-to-non-earth-imaging-successfully-launches-to-space-copy https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/fleet fleet/2023-04/First defence contract: A$6.4M from Defence Space Command for the ASCEND2LEO satcom demonstration Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:00 GMT First defence contract: A$6.4M from Defence Space Command for the ASCEND2LEO satcom demonstration. Source: https://www.fleetspace.com/newsroom/fleet-space-technologies-secures-australian-defence-space-command-contract https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/fleet fleet/2022-03/Launches ExoSphere, satellite-connected seismic sensing that maps mineral deposits in 3D Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT Launches ExoSphere, satellite-connected seismic sensing that maps mineral deposits in 3D. Source: https://www.fleetspace.com/newsroom/fleet-space-technologies-revolutionises-mineral-exploration-with-launch-of-exosphere-by-fleet https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/flurosat flurosat/2021-02/Acquires soil-carbon modeler Dagan in an all-stock deal and relaunches as Regrow Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:00:00 GMT Acquires soil-carbon modeler Dagan in an all-stock deal and relaunches as Regrow. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/23/ag-monitoring-startup-flurostat-merges-with-soil-carbon-expert-dagan-to-form-regrow/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/flurosat flurosat/2019-07/Raises $4.6M led by Microsoft's M12 to scale its FluroSense agronomy platform Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:00:00 GMT Raises $4.6M led by Microsoft's M12 to scale its FluroSense agronomy platform. Source: https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/agtech-startup-flurosat-raises-4-6-million-to-help-farmers-grow-better-crops/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/fleet fleet/2018/Proxima and Centauri, Australia’s first commercial nanosatellites, reach orbit on Electron and Falcon 9 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT Proxima and Centauri, Australia’s first commercial nanosatellites, reach orbit on Electron and Falcon 9. Source: https://www.fleetspace.com/spacecraft