Space Industry Hub

Space Industry Hub

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Space Industry Hub at RMIT aims to connect local business and research to global opportunities in space technology.

The Space Industry Hub provides the opportunity to connect Victoria’s world-leading research and solution providers with the challenges and opportunities of the global space sector.

The Hub will make the most of RMIT’s existing facilities, services and research centres, as well as its innovation networks through RMIT Europe and the university’s entrepreneurship and innovation unit, RMIT Activator.

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Industry engagement

Workforce for the Future

Research and development

Entrepreneurship


Hub core partners



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Capabilities

Advanced space communication connectivity and IoT technologies

Advanced satellite systems, sensors and intelligence

Next Generation earth observation services

Space Manufacturing processes and materials

Cyber and Data Analytics

Spaceflight operations

Space life sciences

Space systems design, mission design and space transportation

Projects and news


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Isolation of space makes food taste bland, hints study
The isolated environment of the ISS, rather than just the lack of gravity, could be behind foods tasting blander in space, RMIT research has suggested.
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Celebrating Our Graduates - Hayley Nitschke
Bachelor of Space Science student Hayley Nitschke has been awarded one of two places at Airbus UK for a 12-month graduate internship in 2023.
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Microgravity Experiments, by Gail Iles
As program manager of RMIT's space science program, Gail Iles writes on microgravity experiments conducted with the help of her very own students.
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Solar Storms: A Warning From Space
One of RMIT's researchers, Brett Carter is featured on ABC's show Catalyst as one of the scientists working to help us prepare for the next big solar event.
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Shooting for the Moon with Australia’s first rover

RMIT University is playing a key role in designing and building what could be Australia’s first lunar rover, a prototype of which has just been unveiled.

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Looking up: RMIT launches Space Industry Hub

Industry experts have gathered to officially launch the RMIT Space Industry Hub and celebrate an exciting chapter of industry collaboration on applied space research.

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Next gen 3D printed catalysts to propel hypersonic flight

Ultra-efficient 3D printed catalysts could help solve the challenge of overheating in hypersonic aircraft and offer a revolutionary solution to thermal management across countless industries.

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Victorian government announces $44.6 million investment in RMIT

RMIT’s CBD North campus will be the focus of a new urban renewal project thanks to a $44.6m Victorian Government investment.

Key research infrastructures

The Space Industry Hub partners are able to access RMIT's state of art research infrastructure as well as our core partners infrastructure. This allows for quicker scale up of the business and access to R&D funding. Our innovation hubs, research centres, facilities and labs and networks include:

Advanced Manufacturing Precinct

The Advanced Manufacturing Precinct combines RMIT's expertise in technology and design innovation.

Visit the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Precinct

Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation

A multi-disciplinary research centre that brings researchers from across RMIT to bring a truly multidisciplinary approach to the organisational, human and technology aspects of Cyber Security.

Visit the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation

Centre for Additive Manufacturing

The RMIT Centre for Additive Manufacturing (RCAM) is a leading multi-disciplinary centre focused on industrial additive manufacturing technology.

Visit the Centre for Additive Manufacturing Centre

Satellite Position for Atmosphere, Climate and Environment (SPACE)​

The SPACE Research Centre is committed to advancing the global competitive status of the Australian space industry.

Visit the SPACE Research Centre

People

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Distinguished Professor Brian G. Falzon CEng FRAeS

Director of RMIT's Space Industry Hub

Considered one of the world’s leading academic researchers in aerospace technologies, Falzon brings a wealth of capability and experience in the advanced manufacturing sector; in aerospace materials, aerospace structures and aerospace manufacturing.

Find out more about Brian
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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