#southernlaunch — Public Fediverse posts
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“EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- #Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital #pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry, announced the successful reentry of its W-6 capsule. The capsule landed safely within the designated recovery zone at the #Koonibba #TestRange in #SouthAustralia, operated by #SouthernLaunch, marking the company's second reentry of 2026.
Similar to Varda's previous missions with Department of War payloads, the #W6 mission was funded through the #Prometheus program, a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory #AFRL and commercial space entities, which is addressing a national security need to accelerate novel #science and #technology experiments in the extreme #HypersonicReentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.”
#Straya / #Woomera <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/varda-space-industries-successfully-reenters-w-6-validating-autonomous-navigation-and-advanced-thermal-protection-systems-302775804.html> / #AngryAstronaut <https://youtube.com/watch?v=JEyCttVeqys>
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“EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- #Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital #pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry, announced the successful reentry of its W-6 capsule. The capsule landed safely within the designated recovery zone at the #Koonibba #TestRange in #SouthAustralia, operated by #SouthernLaunch, marking the company's second reentry of 2026.
Similar to Varda's previous missions with Department of War payloads, the #W6 mission was funded through the #Prometheus program, a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory #AFRL and commercial space entities, which is addressing a national security need to accelerate novel #science and #technology experiments in the extreme #HypersonicReentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.”
#Straya / #Woomera <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/varda-space-industries-successfully-reenters-w-6-validating-autonomous-navigation-and-advanced-thermal-protection-systems-302775804.html> / #AngryAstronaut <https://youtube.com/watch?v=JEyCttVeqys>
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Varda Space and Southern Launch agree to more capsule landings in Australia
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🇩🇪 #HyImpulse ships its #SR75 rocket 🚀 to the #SouthernLaunch #Koonibba 🇦🇺 Test Range * https://europeanspaceflight.com/hyimpulse-are-all-packed-and-heading-down-under/
* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Koonibba+Test+Range&layer=Esri+Satellite
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🇩🇪 #HyImpulse ships its #SR75 rocket 🚀 to the #SouthernLaunch #Koonibba 🇦🇺 Test Range * https://europeanspaceflight.com/hyimpulse-are-all-packed-and-heading-down-under/
* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Koonibba+Test+Range&layer=Esri+Satellite
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I've just contacted the CEO of #SouthernLaunch to encourage a rethink of their proposal for #WhalersWay on the #EyrePeninsula.
Three headline species are threatened by the proposal: the Southern Emu-wren, the Mallee Whipbird and in the nearby marine sanctuary, the Australian Sea Lion.
I said yes to rockets and launch capacity for #SouthAustralia but not at the cost of our remaining habitat for unique and endangered species.
I concluded by saying that "I appreciate that our fledgeling rocket and renewables industries are being held to higher account than mines have historically. But two wrongs don’t make a right."
That's the truth of it though. Mining has had pretty much a free 'slash, burn and dig' ride historically and new industries can't be offered the same free pass.
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I've just contacted the CEO of #SouthernLaunch to encourage a rethink of their proposal for #WhalersWay on the #EyrePeninsula.
Three headline species are threatened by the proposal: the Southern Emu-wren, the Mallee Whipbird and in the nearby marine sanctuary, the Australian Sea Lion.
I said yes to rockets and launch capacity for #SouthAustralia but not at the cost of our remaining habitat for unique and endangered species.
I concluded by saying that "I appreciate that our fledgeling rocket and renewables industries are being held to higher account than mines have historically. But two wrongs don’t make a right."
That's the truth of it though. Mining has had pretty much a free 'slash, burn and dig' ride historically and new industries can't be offered the same free pass.
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#SouthernLaunch / ECO TEST - #VS03 / CUSTOMER: AT SPACE / SITE: WHALERS WAY ORBITAL LAUNCH COMPLEX
"Unfortunately today's launch has been scrubbed at T-15 minutes. Thanks to everyone that joined us on the live stream, we really appreciate the support!"
via birdsite
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Taiwan Innovative Space will conduct a test launch of its Hapith I rocket in Australia later this year - Australian regulators have given Taiwan Innovative Space, a five-year-old launch c... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/wA7DWfhzYgo/ #commercialspaceflight #taiwaninnovativespace #low-earthorbit #southernlaunch #aerospace #tispace #space
