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 Announcements19 Jan 2021 Ground-breaking South Australian space mission lead by SmartSatCRC South Australia is embarking on a bold mission with industry, lead by SmartSat, to design and build a… Announcements15 Dec 2020 SmartSat CRC formally launches the Aurora Space Startup Cluster SmartSat CRC formally launches the Aurora Space Startup Cluster to unlock the power of Australia?s space… Announcements8 Dec 2020 SmartSat Annual Report 2019-2020 The SmartSat Annual Report 2019-2020 is now available. Announcements20 Nov 2020 The Andy Thomas Space Foundation launched The Andy Thomas Space Foundation was launched on Friday 20 November. This exciting initiative has three…