Australian Satellites and Payloads (from 1967) Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Nov 67 Redstone Sparta SV10 WRESAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Jan 70 Delta N6 D86 Australis (OSCAR 5, AO 5, A-O-A) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Aug 85 STS 51I Discovery F6 -Aussat A1 (Optus A1) 27 Nov 85 STS 61B Atlantis F2 -Aussat A2 (Optus A2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Sep 87 Ariane 3-07 V19 -Aussat A3 (Optus A3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Jul 91 Ariane 40-02 V44 ATSR-1 DEU (ERS-1 payload) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +22 Jan 92 STS 42 Discovery F14 Endeavour Telescope F1 (GAS payload) 13 Aug 92 CZ-2E/STAR-63F F2 -Optus B1 (Aussat B1) *21 Dec 92 CZ-2E/STAR-63F F3 -Optus B2 (Aussat B2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Aug 94 CZ-2E/STAR-63F F4 -Optus B3 (Aussat B3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Mar 95 STS 67 Endeavour F8 Endeavour Telescope F2 (GAS payload) 21 Apr 95 Ariane 40-04 V72 ATSR-2 FPA (ERS-2 payload) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Jul 98 Zenit-2 F36 -WESTPAC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Mar 02 Ariane 5G'-11 V145 AATSR SPA/IEU (Envisat 1 payload) 14 Dec 02 H-IIA202 F3 FedSat (UK Bus) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Jun 03 Ariane 5G'-15 V161 -Optus C1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Oct 06 Ariane 5ECA-07 V173 -Optus D1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Oct 07 Ariane 5GS-23 V178 -Optus D2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Aug 09 Ariane 5ECA-21 V190 -Optus D3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Jul 11 Zenit-3F F2 L-band Receiver (RadioAstron payload) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Aug 13 Delta 363 IVM+(5,4) -WGS SV-6 (paid by Australia but US owned) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Sep 14 Ariane 5ECA-45 VA218 -Optus 10, -Jabiru 2 (MEASAT 3b payload) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Sep 15 Ariane 5ECA-52 VA226 -Sky Muster 1 (NBN-Co 1A) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Oct 16 Ariane 5ECA -Sky Muster 2 (NBN-Co 1B) 9 Dec 16 H-IIB304 F6 Cuberider 1 (HTV 6 payload) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Apr 17 Atlas V401 (AV-070) SUSat, UNSW EC0, i-INSPIRE 2, Biarri-Point (SHARC payload) 14 Aug 17 Falcon 9 v1.2 F20 Cuberider 2 (SpX-12 payload) 18 Nov 17 Delta 378 II 7920-10C Buccaneer RMM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1qt 18 ? RAAF M1 Mid 18 ? Biarri-Squad (3 sats, US bus) Mid 18 ? Buccaneer Main Mission (US bus) # Jul 18 Falcon 9 v1.2 Fleet 1?, Myriota RF Transceiver (BRIO payload) # Aug 18 Falcon 9 v1.2 SMiLE (HTV 7 payload) Oct 18 Atlas V411 Optical Filters (Solar Orbiter payload) 3qt 18 ? Isostatic Mount Assembly (SPEQS 1 component) 18 ? ASE (Australian Space Eye) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19 Falcon 9 v1.2 FAST (Bartolomeo payload) 1qt 19 ? RAAF M2 19 ? OzQube 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 ALV-2 F1 ? 20 ? Helena (Mars One Lander payload) 20 ? SARSat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1qt 21 ? SkyHopper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 ? ThunderStruck Spacecraft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? Neptune 5 i-INSPIRE ? ? MISO ? ? HyperQube ? ? BlueSat ? ? c-INSPIRE ? ? Pocket Rocket ? ? SHUCS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Made Overseas + Partial Failure * Failure # Change since beginning of month AATSR Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer ALV Austral Launch Vehicle ATSR Along Track Scanning Radiometer DEU Digital Electronics Unit FAST Facility for Australian Space Testing FPA Focal Plane Assembly GAS Get Away Special IEU Instrument Electronics Unit i-INSPIRE Initial Integrated Spectrograph Imaging and Radiation Explorer MISO Methane Isotopologues by Solar Occultation OSCAR Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio RAAF M Royal Australian Air Force Mission RMM Risk Mitigation Mission SMiLE Spun Microgravity Liquid Experiment SHARC Spacecraft for High Accuracy Radar Calibration SHUCS Space or High Altitude Ultraviolet Cubesat SARSat Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite SPA Signal Preamplifier Unit SPEQS Small Photon Entangling Quantum System STS Space Transportation System UNSW-EC0 University of New South Wales Educational Cubesat Zero US United States WESTPAC Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network WGS Wideband Global Satcom (Wideband Gapfiller Satellite) WRESAT Weapons Research Establishment Satellite