The Australian Space Agency's purpose is to grow and transform a globally respected Australian space industry that lifts the broader economy and improves the lives of Australians. The Australian Space Agency's Communications Technologies and Services Roadmap provides a 10 year plan to provide strategic direction to support the growth of the industry. It will secure the future of Australia’s space sector.

The advanced communications roadmap will:

• inform and guide the pursuit of opportunities

• identify necessary activities

• determine supporting conditions

Advancing Space: Australian Civil Space Strategy 2019-2028, identifies the 7 National Civil Space Priority Areas. Roadmaps align to each of these areas to:

• describe a pathway to uplift capability

• coordinate activities with industry, researchers and government agencies

• encourage organisations to invest resources and efforts where they want to pursue the opportunities identified in the roadmaps

The Communications Technologies and Services Roadmap prioritises six focus segments. These are the areas of greatest opportunity for the Australian space sector. Focus segments highlight the potential to deliver advantage to Australia over the next decade.

• Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services

• Optical ground stations

• Hybrid RF-optical

• Reconfigurable networks, radios, modems and waveforms

• Satellite communication network management tools

• Quantum enabled communications

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The webinar includes presentations from Agency panellists:

• Michael Hose (Director Space Communications, Chief Technology Office)
• Katherine Bennell Pegg (Assistant Manager, Chief Technology Office)

The session will run for approximately one hour. There will be opportunities at the end of the presentation to ask questions to each speaker.

Who should attend?

This session is open to industry, businesses, the research sector, and those who are interested to learn more about the first technical roadmap, a significant milestone for the civil space sector on its exciting journey of growth and transformation into the next decade.

The information session is intended for the space industry, it is not open to media. Should media be interested in a briefing, contact media@space.gov.au

For more information

To view a copy of the publication, visit Communications Technologies and Services Roadmap.