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1966 to 1968
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1966-to-1968NASA establishes a small mobile satellite tracking station near the lighthouse at Larrakeyah Point, Darwin. On 7 June 1966 it supports the orbital insertion of …
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1966 to 1970
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1966-to-1970ELDO operates a downrange tracking station for Europa launches at Gove (Nhulunbuy). The Down Range Guidance and Tracking Station is designed to track and…
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1967
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1967Australia’s first satellite, WRESAT-1 (Weapons Research Establishment Satellite), is launched from Woomera on 29 November 1967. The satellite is Australian…
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1968 to 1972
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1968-to-1972A NASA Apollo Range Instrumented Aircraft (ARIA) is based in Darwin during Apollo missions. A modified C-135 cargo jet, the ARIA aircraft were developed as…
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1969
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1969The Bureau of Meteorology establishes a ground station in Darwin to receive regular weather images from NASA’s Nimbus weather satellites. Give feedback about…
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1970 to 1971
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1970-to-1971Test flights of Britain’s independently-developed Black Arrow satellite launcher take place at Woomera. Black Arrow uses the northern flight corridor and the…
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1970
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1970Joint Defence Space Research Facility Pine Gap (now Joint Defence Facility, Pine Gap) commences operations. A signals intelligence station managed jointly by…
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1974
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1974Alice Springs Ballooning Facility is established to support the launch of high altitude balloons carrying scientific instruments for upper atmosphere research…
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1977
https://industry.nt.gov.au/industries/emerging-industries/space-industry/history-of-space-in-the-territory/1977The Defence Signals Directorate (now the Australian Signals Directorate) opens a signals intelligence gathering facility at Shoal Bay, near Darwin. Give…
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1978 Cabinet records
https://tfhc.nt.gov.au/heritage-libraries-and-archives/library-and-archives-nt/cabinet-records/1978-records/1978-cabinet-recordsCabinet members, submissions and decisions, background to Australia and the Northern Territory in 1978.