Australian Space Office

This page is about the Keating space agency. For the modern space agency, see Australian Space Agency.

Australian Space OfficeAgency overview

Formed| 1987 (1987)[1]
Dissolved| 1996 (1996)[2]
Superseding agency|

* Australian Space Agency

Jurisdiction| Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters| Barton, Canberra
Employees| 20 (1992)[3]: p. 2
Annual budget| A$4 million
Minister responsible|

* Hon. Peter McGauran, Minister for Science and Technology[4]

Parent department| Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce[5]

The Australian Space Office (ASO) was an agency formed by the Hawke government in 1987 to oversee the National Space Program. The office worked on the initiative along with the Australian Space Board, later the Australian Space Council. As part of the larger National Space Program, the ASO was established specifically to act as the secretariat and day-to-day manager of the advisory decisions made by the ASB/ASC. The office was abolished in 1996 by the Howard government after a review by the Bureau of Industry Economics.

## Development

The ASO's primary defined function was to oversee the development of an export-oriented commercial space industry within Australia, focusing on five main sectors:[6]: p. 168

1. Space Projects, overseeing the development and launch of NSP-funded space programs
2. Launch Services, responsible for overseeing the numerous private space launch facility proposals that arose in the 1980s and 1990s
3. Space Policy, responsible for developing space policy aside the ASB/ASC
4. NASA Administration, which handled all Australian collaboration with NASA
5. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, a major tracking and communication satellite complex located in Tidbinbilla, Canberra

During the years it existed, the ASO oversaw the development of a satellite[7] and a proposed spaceport.[8] The spaceport was an initiative to develop a commercial rocket launchpad in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, however it did not come to fruition.[9]

## See also

* National Space Program

## References

1. ↑ corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Australia in Orbit: Space Policy and Programs" (in en-AU). https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Publications_Archive/CIB/CIB9798/98cib12.
2. ↑ "Australian Space Office". https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/australia/aso.htm.
3. ↑ "Research Report 43; An Economic Evaluation of the National Space Program" (in English). Bureau of Industry Economics RPTS. 41–46. Australian Government Publishing Service. 1992.
4. ↑ McGauran, Peter (1996-08-08). "Australian Space Office media pressrel 1990s" "Australia's Role in the Quest to find Life on Mars". https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/SS030/upload_binary/SS030.pdf;fileType=application/pdf#search="Australian Space Office media pressrel 1990s".
5. ↑ "Industry, Technology and Commerce DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Public Service (National : 1977 - 2007): pp. 5044. 1988-12-22. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243341928.
6. ↑ Dougherty, Kerrie Anne (2017). Australia in space : a history of a nation's involvement. Hindmarsh, S. Aust.. ISBN 9781925309645. OCLC 999399923.
7. ↑ "Satellite nears completion". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995): pp. 6. 1988-05-13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111973008.
8. ↑ "Spaceport: vision splendid or Green nightmare?". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995): pp. 9. 1990-07-18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122298272.
9. ↑ Horn, Allyson; staff (2018-09-06). "Rockets could launch from Queensland as push to become space hub takes off" (in en-AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-06/queensland-shoots-for-the-stars-to-become-space-hub/10205686.

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