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title: "Report: South Australia Space Sector Strategy 2022 – 2030 (GSA 2022)"
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published: "2024-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
modified: "2023-12-28T00:38:53+00:00"
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  - "Gravity"
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  - "Satellite Constellations"
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# Report: South Australia Space Sector Strategy 2022 – 2030 (GSA 2022)

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The document outlines South Australia’s space sector strategy and plans for growth. The vision is for South Australia to have a thriving space ecosystem by 2030, supporting Australia’s national space strategy and capitalizing on opportunities in the “NewSpace” sector.

## Three Pillars for Growth

1) Contribute to Australia’s national space strategy

- Focus areas include launch capabilities, space situational awareness, and space food production

2) Capitalize on NewSpace opportunities

- Support development of small satellites, constellations, and using space data with AI/ML

3) Cultivate South Australia as a hub for space activities

- Expand workforce skills, innovation ecosystem, infrastructure, globally competitive industry, and attract investment

Goals include enabling industry to develop “flight-heritage” space products, establishing polar launch capabilities, supporting positive norms and rules for space actors, leveraging food production expertise for space farming, and boosting the economy through better exploitation of space-derived data.

## Key Opportunities Highlighted

- Develop a dedicated small satellite launch site at Whaler’s Way for polar orbits
- Build a center of excellence for space domain awareness capabilities
- Contribute expertise to space farming/food production for [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) Artemis and other programs
- Expand space education and training offerings, including vocational programs
- Continue hosting the GRAVITY Challenge to solve problems with space tech and accelerate commercialization
- Attract foreign direct investment from space companies to build local ecosystem

The strategy aims for above average growth of 5.8% per year over the next decade to reach a space sector contribution of $250 million to South Australia’s economy by 2030.