Canberra-based space-based communications outfit Skykraft has started the year with the successful launch of five Australian-designed and manufactured satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Weighing approximately 300kg, the satellite stack weighs more than the total mass of all Australian-built space objects ever launched, the company says, and marks the…

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