2025.01.15(b) | Australian Space Industry 2025 — Part 1: Transporter 12

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 15 January 2025:

Australia and Transporter 12

The launch this morning of the Transporter 12 mission, carrying Australian satellites Centauri 7 and Centauri 8 from Fleet Space, and satellites carrying Australian parts, including:

* Impulse 2 with a Holmes-007 camera from HEO Robotics

* Edison with Neuman Space's ND-50 second generation electric-ion thruster.

Also launched was the U.S. Varda's Winnebago 2 pharmaceutical manufacturing satellite, built by Rocket Lab, and which will land at Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.