Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) saw the successful launch of the first of three NASA rockets from the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) on Sunday, marking NASA’s first-ever launch from a fully commercial spaceport and the first-ever commercial launch in Australia.
Along with the other two launches scheduled for July 4 and 12, the rocket conducted astrophysics studies only possible from the Southern Hemisphere, Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA)—owner and operator of the ASC—reported on Sunday.
Executive Chairman and Group CEO of ELA, Michael Jones, called it a historic night for ELA, celebrating the first of many launches to take place at the Arnhem Space Centre….