Australia's leading space research centre 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. SmartSat is an agile organising team bringing together academic researchers, industry and the end users to develop, manage and deliver useful technologies, algorithms and knowledge that supports every sector of our economy. Our research is developing intellectual property and a specialist industry expertise to grow the Australian space industry, create export economic value and generate new high-tech jobs for our future space leaders. Our Strategy News + Events See more Research Update26 Sep 2024 Vision, impact and partner engagement on show at SmartSat CRC Conference 2024 This month, the SmartSat CRC Conference 2024 saw a fantastic showing of research, with the perfect mix… Operations Update26 Sep 2024 Advancing Earth Observation Forum bringing together EO community This month SmartSat and the Queensland Government supported the Queensland Earth Observation Hub as a… News24 Sep 2024 Inaugural Sovereign Space Technologies Panel at ADSTAR SmartSat supported the Defence Science and Technology Group’s (DSTG) Space Program team to develop and… Media Releases13 Sep 2024 SmartSat and Elders sign MoU to drive Earth Observation technology in Australian agriculture SmartSat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Elders to explore the application of satellite-enabled…