{"id":285040,"date":"2021-08-24T04:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T04:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=21657"},"modified":"2021-08-24T04:15:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T04:15:20","slug":"wa-made-satellite-ready-for-blast-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/08\/24\/wa-made-satellite-ready-for-blast-off\/","title":{"rendered":"WA made satellite ready for blast off"},"content":{"rendered":"
A small satellite made from scratch<\/strong> in Western Australia will be aboard a SpaceX rocket that launches from the US on Saturday, representing the state\u2019s first space mission in the local sector\u2019s 60-year history.<\/p>\n Developed by a team of students and engineers at Curtin University’s Space Science and Technology Centre, the Binar-1 integrated satellite will be part of the SpaceX CRS-23 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, and be deployed to capture data for an expected 18 months in orbit.<\/p>\n