Australian Space Agency

The Australian Space Agency (ASA) is Australia's national civil space coordination body, established in July 2018 and headquartered at Lot Fourteen innovation precinct in Adelaide, South Australia — Australia's first dedicated space hub. The Agency was created to coordinate civil space activities across Australian government departments, support growth of the domestic space industry, and position Australia as a significant contributor to global space partnerships.

The ASA operates under the Civil Space Strategy 2019-2028, backed by an initial AUD $150 million investment commitment to expand the nation's space sector from approximately AUD $3.9 billion to AUD $12 billion by 2030, creating an estimated 20,000 additional jobs. Key programs include Moon to Mars — Australia's participation in NASA's Artemis program — and the Australian Rover Program (Trailblazer), which contributed Australian-developed lunar rover payload technology to Artemis missions with a goal of collecting lunar regolith to demonstrate oxygen extraction capability.

The Agency focuses on six strategic priorities: communications, Earth observation, positioning/navigation/timing (PNT), space situational awareness, space transport, and STEM education. Australia operates the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication Complex (co-operated with NASA's JPL) supporting interplanetary missions including Mars rovers and the Voyager probes. The ASA coordinates with the Australian Space Council, co-chairs bilateral space agreements with the US, UK, and Japan, and administers the International Space Investment initiative targeting foreign investment in Australian space technology companies.