ACTIVE EDUCATION CENTRES:
SA
South Australian Centre for Space Education (Hamilton Secondary College) – Dedicated Marsbase interactive training facility for student SACE programs as well as twice a year a holiday space school program open to year 10s in SA and year 11s nationwide.
VIC
Victorian Space Science Education Centre (Strathmore Secondary College) – Dedicated Marsbase interactive training facility and robotic exploration plus laboratories to rival most universities for student VCE programs.
WA
Scitech – very impressive space exhibits which are often borrowed by NASA!
NSW
Powerhouse Museum – Permanent space exhibit
ACTIVE EDUCATION/VISITOR CENTRE and PROPULSION DEVELOPMENT:
QLD
Gilmore Space Centre – school programs, public visits and rocket launches! (near Gold Coast)
ACTIVE GROUND STATIONS:
NSW
Parkes (about 380km from Sydney) and Visitor Centre
Narrabri (about 500km from Sydney) and Visitor Centre
Coonabarabran (April to Oct Operations)
Optus Belrose and Oxford Falls in Sydney
Lockheed Martin, Uralla (south of Armadale)
Australian Bureau of Meteorology downlink station (Sydney)
WA
European Space Agency Deep Space Antennae, New Norcia (about 150km of Perth)
Lockridge Earth Station (near Perth)
Golden Valley Observatory (Lower Chittering, near Perth)
OTC Satellite Earth Station (Gnangarra)
Dongarra-Mingenew Space Stations
Australian Bureau of Meteorology downlink station (WASTAC, Perth)
Western Australian Satellite Technology and Applications Consortium
Kojarena Defence Signals Intelligence Station – US and Australian Military (Geraldton)
ACT
Canberra Space Visitor Centre (NASA’s Deep Space Communications Complex)
Mt. Stromlo, including Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre
SA
Institute for Telecommunications Research
NT
Geoscience Australia Data Acquisition Facility in Alice Springs
Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap, CIA, NSA and US NRO (18km from Alice Springs)
TAS
Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station
VIC
Australian Bureau of Meteorology downlink station, Melbourne
Australian Bureau of Meteorology downlink station, Crib Point
HISTORIC:
SA
Woomera Visitor Centre and Rocket Park
WA
Carnarvon (900km from Perth)
Muchea (45km from Perth)
Talgarno (halfway between Pt Headland and Broome)
Giles Weather Station (near the SA/NT border)
NT
Darwin (Occasional Goddard Range and Range Rate (GRARR) site)
ACT
Under Construction, opening in 2018:
NT
Arnhem Space Centre – Equatorial Launch Australia Spaceport (near Nhulunbuy)
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