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Australian Space Agency

Australian Space Agency is Australia's national space agency and a policy, coordination, and funding body under the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.^[1] It was founded on 1 July 2018 and is headquartered at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, with Enrico Palermo serving as head from January 2021.^[2] For Earth observation buyers, the important boundary is that the agency does not operate or own EO satellites as of 20 June 2026.^[3]^[4] Australia's National Space Mission for Earth Observation, a planned $1.2 billion programme for four cross-calibration radiometer satellites, was cancelled and replaced by a $207 million Landsat Next contribution focused on data analytics rather than Australian-owned spacecraft.^[3]^[5]

Sources

[1]Australian Space Agency official siteagency doc2026-06-20
[2]Australian Space Agency, Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
[3]National Space Mission for Earth Observation axed, Spatial Sourcethird party2026-06-20
[4]Labor scraps $1bn Earth Observation project, Space Connectthird party2026-06-20
[5]Australia formally joins Landsat EO program, Space Connectthird party2026-06-20

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  title = {Australian Space Agency},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/australian-space-agency}
}