Launch of New Satellites to Boost Australia’s Air Traffic Control

Launch of New Satellites to Boost Australia’s Air Traffic Control
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 5, 2022. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images
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The first batch of Australia’s air traffic management satellites (ATM) will soon be launched on a SpaceX rocket as part of a project to improve the communication and surveillance of the country’s aviation activity.

The satellites are created under the collaboration of Australian space services company Skykraft, a spin-off from The University of New South Wales (UNSW), and Airservices Australia, which is responsible for managing the country’s skies.

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