The space business is taking off in the Northern Territory.
Business is taking off at Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory.
The space centre's launch pads will be used by South Korean aerospace company INNOSPACE to send twelve rockets into low orbit. "We carry any payload , which could be a small satellite, a micro satellite, or a test satellite, or a test module into space according to our customer's requirements." "Launching from around the equator gives us an added advantage because of the Earth's rotation. And so with the same amount of fuel we can launch more payloads to orbit. So, we see that Australia the launch site in Arnhem is uniquely located in that very good location which could be of great advantage to us."
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