Overview
Australia is poised to become a more significant player in the space domain, focusing on developing sovereign capabilities, fostering a robust space industry, and enhancing space domain awareness, while also leveraging partnerships for access to advanced technologies and expertise.
The National Defence Strategy highlights Space capabilities that enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, provide resilient communications and counter emerging space threats as a priority through :
- continued investment in Australia’s first sovereign-controlled satellite communications system, enhancing ADF communications in the Pacific and
Indian Ocean regions; - the Deep-space Advanced Radar Capability, which is a collaborative project with the UK and US, providing greater situational awareness in space;
investment in geospatial intelligence capabilities; and - investment in space control capabilities, providing the Government with options to assure Australia’s access to space.
Key Terms
Space domain
The projection of space power through, from or in space (above the Karman Line - at 100 kilometres altitude).