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Optus to Launch Australian-Made Satellite to Compete With Musk’s Starlink

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Optus to Launch Australian-Made Satellite to Compete With Musk’s Starlink

General view of an Optus store in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 22, 2022. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Australia is set to launch its own low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite in 2028 through a new project led by Optus, in collaboration with the iLAuNCH Trailblazer program, HEO, Inovor Technologies, and the Defence Science and Technology Group.

The satellite will be constructed in Adelaide by Inovor at Lot Fourteen and operated from Optus’ Belrose Space Operations Centre in Sydney.

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