Exploring Benefits of Space: Opportunities for South Australia

FOLLOW SASIC: @SASIC_Aus PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE FORUM 2019 • Tiffany KATCHMAR • Director • SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPACE INDUSTRY CENTRE

Why Space? Why Now? Why South Australia? • @SASIC_Aus

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? “Space is cool Space is inspirational Space is hard Space is BIG BUSINESS” Courtesy of Dr Patrick Neumann, Neumann Space

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Cool. • Images: 1) Tesla Roadster with Spaceman Courtesy Space X 2) Test fire of Rocket Labs Electron launch vehicle 2017 Courtesy Rocket Lab

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Cool. • Just in the last 6+ months: • JAXA Hayabusa2 arrives at Asteroid Ryugu • NASA Voyager 2 enters interstellar space • NASA Insight lands on Mars • Israel’s Beresheet (crash!) lands on the moon • Chang’e-4 lands on the far side of the moon • Rocket Lab performs its first commercial launch (NZ) • Virgin Galactic passes 80km altitude • Space X launches 60 Starlink satellites • NASA announces ISS “tourist” visits from 2020

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Cool. • Just in the last 6+ months: • Australian Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology says: ‘Space Tourism from Australia is a real opportunity’ ‘Launch is obviously the next part of space’

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Hard. Interesting and significant challenges (and new problems to be solved!) • Images: 1) Earths Satellite Footprint 2) The ISS- Courtesy of NASA

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Big Business. • Images: 1) Space X Launch Facility 2) Boeing Logo Collective industry worth US $360 Billion in 2018 with a growth rate of >5%

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Big Business. • Private Sector contribution: 88% of total economic value • Australian Space Sector worth AU $3.94 billion in 2015-2016 • Expected to be worth AU $12 billion by 2030 with a job count of 30,000 FTEs

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Big Business. • Upstream activities – everything from earth to space • Downstream activities – everything from space to earth • Applications – space-enabled services for industry, government

@SASIC_Aus • Why Space? • Space is Big Business. • The space sector is (increasingly) an integral part of life and business: • Telecommunications • TV, Phone, Internet • Defence and Security, Maritime • Positioning, Navigation and Timing (GPS) • Space Enabled Services • i.e. Precision Agriculture, Industrial IoT • Environmental monitoring and crisis management ….…..overlay with Artificial Intelligence

@SASIC_Aus • Why Now? • Technological advantages are reducing market entry barriers: • Miniaturisation of technology has led to the increased affordability of space: a new revolution! • Move from GEO to LEO

@SASIC_Aus • Why Now? • The Australian Space Agency: • Announced in Adelaide at the International Astronautical Congress: September 2017 • Commenced operations 1 July 2018

@SASIC_Aus Why Now? • The Australian Space Agency: • National strategy, policy and coordination: Guide the growth and transformation of the Australian civil space sector • National capability and the space industry: Build world-leading domestic capability for today and tomorrow across the broader economy • International engagement: One door one voice in support of Australian space industry and to act as a trusted and responsible partner • Regulation, legislation and supporting our international obligations: Innovative regulations that balance public safety, protect national security and meet our international obligations • Inspiring Australia and the future workforce: Capture hearts and minds and provide a vision that inspires future generations

@SASIC_Aus Why Now? • The Australian Space Agency: • Aims to triple the space sectors contribution to GDP to over AUD $12 billion per annum and create up to an additional 20,000 jobs by 2030 • Stimulate at least AUD $1 billion pipeline in inward capital investment in Australia’s space industry between 2019 and 2025, including R&D investment in infrastructure investment • Achieve year-on-year growth of the Australian space industry that exceeds 8.5 per cent per annum • Create a regulatory framework that ensures effective, efficient and safe space activities; and • Increase awareness of space activities and the impact on the Australian economy, cumulatively reaching 10 million Australians per year.

@SASIC_Aus Why South Australia? • Heritage • Leadership • Defence credentials • University credentials • Geography • A growing, connected and interdependent ecosystem • Images: 1) Rocket Launch from Woomera in 2017

@SASIC_Aus Why South Australia? • Around 70 organisations, companies and education institutions active in the space sector • Over 800-900 strong workforce • Over AUD $61 million of investment committed to the space industry in the past two years. • Presence of major aerospace and related technology primes

South Australia’s Space Ecosystem • @SASIC_Aus Major contribution aligned to the national objective

South Australia’s Industrial Capability • @SASIC_Aus Southern Launch Neumann Space Myriota From fundamental technology to space-based services Inovor Technologies Fleet Space Technologies

Underpinned by Research Strengths • @SASIC_Aus Institute for Telecommunications Research Three leading universities SmartSat CRC Defence Science and Technology Group Australian Institute of Machine Learning Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing

Inspiring our future workforce • @SASIC_Aus Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program – 2019 scholarship recipients Hamilton Secondary College – Space School Space Scholarship Program - 2018 recipients Questacon Space Discovery Centre ActInSpace – 2018 winners, Wright Team Incorporated NASA Space Apps Challenge – 2018 winners

@SASIC_Aus • Challenges? • Money! • Infrastructure • Legislation • Regulatory processes This is the moment for Australia and South Australia.

@SASIC_Aus • What is next for SA? • Working closely with the Australian Space Agency • Supporting Australian Defence space-related projects worth $AU10 billion • Providing a great environment for our start-up sector

@SASIC_Aus What is next for SA? • Attracting international investment • SmartSat CRC and exportable technologies • Mission control centre and other supporting infrastructure • Launching small satellites to low earth orbit!

@SASIC_Aus Thank you! Public Sector Governance Forum 2019 Tiffany Katchmar Tiffany.Katchmar@sa.gov.au

Exploring Benefits of Space: Opportunities for South Australia