The industrial science group will receive $442,320 to develop further its Space Mission Analytics Toolkit that will make space missions quicker, cheaper, safer, and more accurate. This toolkit is embarked for use by contractors on the upcoming NASA lunar mission and is backed by the government to grow the local sector and create new jobs.
The toolkit includes software that helps companies simulate missions to fine-tune their design before investing in costly space hardware. Once the mission launches, the toolkit will help motor and analyze tracking data to support orbit determination.
It’s one of the projects that will share more than $1.2 million under round four of the Moons to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement Grants Program. The other two projects receiving this grant are Infinity Avionics (ACT), which received $456,323 to develop a modular imaging unit for space application, and Blueprint Lab (NSW), which received $317,844 to transfer its advanced robotic manipulator technology into the space domain.
The Moon to Mars initiative has been part of more than $800 million invested by the government into the civil space sector since 2018. The Moon to March Supply Chain Capability Improvement program offers grants of between $250,000 and $1 million, with the application open until 1st May 2023.
Minister of Science and Technology Melissa Price said that the government was backing small and medium-sized businesses as part of the mission to triple the space sector’s size and create up to 20,000 new jobs by 2030.
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