The Australian Space Agency's Office of the Space Regulator (OSR) provides a world-class regulatory environment to assure safe and secure civil space activities while encouraging entrepreneurialism and the removal of barriers to participation. 

We regulate Australia's civil space and high-power rocket activities and engage internationally on issues affecting space regulation. 

OSR works closely with the Australian space sector and other regulators to meet the needs of our rapidly evolving sector. 

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Learn more about the permits, licences and authorisations needed to conduct space activities in Australia.

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Read the register of launched space objects authorised under the Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 and Space Activities Act 1998.

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View the list of decisions to grant, vary, revoke, suspend or transfer a licence, permit or authorisation.

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This is a network of non-government space sector representatives and interested parties who meet regularly to learn, connect, and inform the future of Australian space regulation.

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Australia is dedicated to being a responsible global citizen, ensuring safe and secure operations both in space and on Earth.

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NEWS • Space activities

1 September 2025

The Australian Space Agency has opened consultations on proposed updates to the Flight Safety Code, which underpins the nation’s space safety framework.

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NEWS • Space activities

24 July 2025

Australian company's satellites were launched into orbit with SpaceX, joining Skykraft's growing constellation to transform air traffic control.

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NEWS • Space activities

24 June 2025

Four Australian payloads lifted off today. They were onboard SpaceX's Tranporter-14 mission.

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Winnebago-3 capsule after safely landing at Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.

NEWS • Space activities

14 May 2025

Varda’s spacecraft, Winnebago-3, re-enters Earth and lands at Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in regional South Australia.

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DSTG Engineer Darin Roberts attaches a radio frequency cable to the engineering model spacecraft during anechoic chamber testing at REDARC Defence & Space.

NEWS • Space activities

18 March 2025

The Buccaneer Main Mission will collect high-frequency measurements in low-Earth orbit to better understand radio-frequency propagation through the ionosphere.

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NEWS • Space activities

30 January 2025

The Australian Space Agency’s latest changes to the space activities legislation will streamline the regulatory framework.

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NEWS • Space activities

16 January 2025

SpaceX's Transporter-12 mission carries six Aussie space technologies into orbit.

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NEWS • Space activities

4 November 2024

Gilmour Space Technologies is authorised to launch its Eris 1 orbital rocket from Bowen in Queensland

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NEWS • Space activities

22 October 2024

This was the first such authorisation granted by the Australian Government for a domestically returning spacecraft under the amended Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018.

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