SpaceportDB

🇦🇺 AUS · 5 sites · 7 pads

Spaceports in Australia

13 launches have flown from Australia since November 1967, across 5 sites and 7 pads.

Launch sites
5
Pads
7 7 active
Launches
13
Success rate
50.0% 6/12
First flight
1967-11-29

Launch sites in Australia

Launch Area 6A, RAAF Woomera Range Complex (3 launches)Suborbital Launch Ramp, Arnhem Space Centre (3 launches)Eris Pad, Bowen Orbital Spaceport (2 launches)Launch Area 5B, RAAF Woomera Range Complex (2 launches)Launch Area 8, RAAF Woomera Range Complex (1 launch)Pad 1, Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia (1 launch)Pad 1, Koonibba Test Range, South Australia (1 launch)

Sites

SpaceportPadsLaunchesSuccessLatest
RAAF Woomera Range Complex3633.3%1971-10-28
Arnhem Space Centre13100.0%2022-07-11
Bowen Orbital Spaceport120.0%2025-07-29
Koonibba Test Range, South Australia11100.0%2024-05-03
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia110.0%2021-09-16

Pads

7 pads registered
PadSpaceportStatusLaunchesLatest
Launch Area 6ARAAF Woomera Range ComplexActive31970-06-12
Suborbital Launch RampArnhem Space CentreActive32022-07-11
Eris PadBowen Orbital SpaceportActive22025-07-29
Launch Area 5BRAAF Woomera Range ComplexActive21971-10-28
Launch Area 8RAAF Woomera Range ComplexActive11967-11-29
Pad 1Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South AustraliaActive12021-09-16
Pad 1Koonibba Test Range, South AustraliaActive12024-05-03

Who launches from Australia

3 operators
Gilmour Space Technologies 2Royal Aircraft Establishment 2HyImpulse 1

Launch cadence

decided flights per year
1967Peak 2022, 3 launches2025

Vehicles flown

7 types
Black Brant IX 3Europa I 3Black Arrow 2Eris-1 2Hapith I 1SPARTA 1SR75 1

Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.