Building Australia's Space Industry Learn More About Us The SmartSat CRC is a consortium of universities and other research organisations, partnered with industry that has been funded by the Australian Government to develop know-how and technologies in advanced telecommunications and IoT connectivity, intelligent satellite systems and Earth observation next generation data services. The impact of this research will be to develop intellectual property and a specialist industry expertise that will spawn new businesses, create export economic value and generate new high-tech jobs for all Australians. Our Strategy News + Events See more Announcements15 Nov 2022 SmartSat CRC and NASA team up to collaborate on astronaut emergency communications SmartSat has announced a project agreement to further develop new Search and Rescue (SAR) beacon technologies… Announcements24 Oct 2022 South Australia’s first satellite Kanyini booked to blast off in 2023 A Launch Services Agreement has been announced with ISILAUNCH to send Kanyini into orbit to start its… Announcements26 Sep 2022 Qld Government and SmartSat CRC invest AU$1.5M each todeliver the Queensland Earth Observation Hub The Queensland Earth Observation (EO) Hub, a partnership between the Queensland Government and SmartSat… Announcements23 Sep 2022 HyperScout 2 Flight Model ready for integration into Kanyini for South Australian space mission SmartSat CRC and Dutch engineering company cosine today announced that the hyperspectral imaging camera…