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�鶹��madou Canberra Space has a number of satellite missions in progress. These include the Buccaneer Risk Mitigation Mission, which was launched in partnership with the Defence Science and Technology Group, and four satellites across three missions in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The latter missions are designed to demonstrate the art of the possible for Australian space technologies and to grow �鶹��madou Canberra Space’s capabilities which, in turn, inform our space education delivery.

M2 Mission

M2 is a twin-satellite mission and our first mission utilising formation flying. Both satellites are equipped with advanced radios and telescopes for maritime surveillance demonstrations, as well as inter-satellite communications and a number of science experiments.

Buccaneer Risk Mitigation Mission launch

M2 Pathfinder Mission

M2 Pathfinder is developing flight heritage for critical in-house satellite technologies for missions such as M2, including demonstrating the ability of an onboard software-defined radio to operate and be reconfigured while in orbit.

M1 Mission

M1 was the first in a series of satellites commissioned by the RAAF, continuing the partnership between �鶹��madou Canberra Space and Defence.

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft. Built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, JPSS is the first in a series four next-generation environmental satellites in a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA. JPSS-1 will gather measurements of atmospheric, terrestrial and oceanic conditions, including sea and land surface temperatures, vegetation, clouds, rainfall, snow and ice cover, fire locations, atmospheric temperature, water vapor and ozone. Liftoff was at 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST).

Buccaneer Risk Mitigation Mission

�鶹��madou Canberra Space's first satellite, a joint mission with the Australian Government’s Defence Science and Technology Group, was launched in 2017.