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Satellite Systems
The Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems is a joint venture of four Australian companies, six Universities and two government agencies. It was established 1 January 1998 under the Commonwealth' Cooperative Research Centres Program (http://www.crc.gov.au).

The Centre carries out research and development, education, training, operations and commercial activities relating to space technologies, particularly in the field of low-cost satellite missions. Its first major project was the scientific and engineering satellite. FedSat, launched on 14 December 2002.

FedSat in orbit
See the FedSat ground station home page

What's New
2005 

31 December CRCSS closes, FedSat saved

2004

13 December FedSat second anniversary as space effort hits wall

29 October Space agencies go boldly to Canberra

28 October Space education forum 6 November

27 August Regional Space Agency Forum - First Announcement

6 May Centre funding bid fails

12 February Space agencies meeting for CRCSS

2003

14 December Happy Birthday, FedSat!

1 December  Minister McGauran announces grant to CRCSS

12 November FedSat wins National engineering award

6 November Little Aussie battler defies space storm

5 November FedSat maintenance service

27 October 2003  New address for CRCSS

4 September 2003: CRCSS wins Engineering Excellence Award from the ACT Division, Institution of Engineers Australia.

> more information Engineering Excellence Award for FedSat

21 July 2003:  FedSat's world first demonstration of self-healing space computers ...
> more information Computer heal thyself!

12 June 2003:  FedSat reaches six months of successful  operations....
> more information Milestone for FedSat