Australian Satellites and Payloads (from 1967) Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Nov 67 Redstone Sparta SV10 WRESAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Jan 70 Delta N6 D-76 Australis (Australis OSCAR 5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Oct 72 Delta-300 D-91 AMSAT OSCAR 6 Command System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Nov 74 Delta 104 (2310) AMSAT OSCAR 7 Radio Teletype Telemetry System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -EOSCOM (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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Oct 16 Ariane 5ECA-58 VA231 -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 v1.2B4 F1 Cuberider 2 (SpX-12 payload) 18 Nov 17 Delta 378 II 7920-10C Buccaneer Risk Mitigation Mission (BRMM) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 May 18 Antares 230 F3 SHINE (OA-9 payload) 29 Jun 18 Falcon 9 v1.2B4 F12 ~Biarri-Squad 1..3, DESIS Control Hardware and Software (SpX-15 payloads) 22 Sep 18 H-IIB304 F7 SMiLE (HTV 7 payload) 11 Oct 18 Electron F3 ~Proxima I/II 29 Nov 18 PSLV-CA C43 ~Centauri II 3 Dec 18 Falcon 9 v1.2B5 F8 ~Centauri I, Myriota RF Transceiver (BRIO payload), RAAF M1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Apr 19 Antares 230 F5 SHINE-MicroCavity (NG-11 payload), Isostatic Mount Assembly (SpooQy 1 SPEQS 1 component) 29 Jun 19 Electron F7 ACRUX 1 20 Dec 19 CZ-4B F35 RUSH (FloripaSat 1 payload) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Feb 20 Atlas V411 (AV-087) Optical Filters (Solar Orbiter payload) 15 Feb 20 Antares 230+ F2 Plant Growth Experiment (NG-13 payload) 13 Jun 20 Electron F12 RAAF M2 Pathfnder * 4 Jul 20 Electron F13 SERC Sensor and Beacon Assembly (Faraday 1 payload) 3 Oct 20 Antares 230+ F3 -Djara (NICSAT), Space Tablets 1 (NG-14 payloads) 16 Nov 20 Falcon 9 v1.2B5 F42 Kaurna Boomerang (SpaceX Crew 1 payload) 6 Dec 20 Falcon 9 v1.2B5 F45 Seeds in Space, Purra (SpX-21 payloads) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Mar 21 Electron F19 ~Centauri 3, ~Myriota 7, RAAF M2A/M2B May 21 Falcon 9 v1.2B5 Space Tablets 2 (MISSE-FF 2 payload) Jun 21 ? -LatConnect 60 # Jun 21 ? ~Centauri 4 3qt 21 ? Binar 1 4qt 21 ? Binar 2A/2B/2C # 21 ? Falcon Neuro (ISS payload) 21 Falcon 9 v1.2 FAST (Bartolomeo payload) 21 ? CSIROSat 1 # 21 ? Centauri 5..10 ? Electron Myriota (2) ? ALV-2 F1 ? ? ? CUAVA 1 ? ? SARSat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Mar 22 Eris Optimus 1 Space Taxi (Potoroo) # Apr 22 ? Fireball 4qt 22 ? MOESS 22 ? SASAT 1 22 ? Hyperion 1 22 ? Buccaneer Main Mission 22 ? SpIRIT 22 ? Emu (infrared telescope) 22 ? ThunderStruck Spacecraft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 23 Eris Centauri (6) 23 ? Seven Sisters 23 ? -Optus 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2qt 24 ? Binar Prospector 24 ? SkyHopper (Australian Space Eye) 24 ? Lunar Ascent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Made Overseas ~ US Bus + Partial Failure * Failure # Change since beginning of month AATSR Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer ALV Austral Launch Vehicle ATSR Along Track Scanning Radiometer CUAVA CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles and Their Applications DESIS DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer 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 ISS International Space Station MOESS Miniaturised Orbital Electronic Warfare Sensor Systems NICSAT National Intelligence Community Satellite OSCAR Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio RAAF M Royal Australian Air Force Mission RUSH Reconfigurable Systems for Space SERC Space Environment Research Centre SMiLE Spun Microgravity Liquid Experiment SHARC Spacecraft for High Accuracy Radar Calibration SHINE Swinburne Haileybury In Space Experiment SARSat Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite SPA Signal Preamplifier Unit SpIRIT Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal 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