National Space Mission for Earth Observation
Australia’s proposed first national Earth-observation mission, announced in 2022 to design, build, and operate four satellites and strengthen sovereign access to critical Earth-observation data. The Australian Space Agency led the mission with national science and government partners, but the Australian Government terminated NSMEO in 2023 before the planned program proceeded.
Identity
- Aliases
- NSMEO
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- National Space Mission for Earth Observation
- Status
- canceled
- Types
- developmentinfrastructureoperations
Details
- Description
- Australia’s proposed first national Earth-observation mission, announced in 2022 to design, build, and operate four satellites and strengthen sovereign access to critical Earth-observation data. The Australian Space Agency led the mission with national science and government partners, but the Australian Government terminated NSMEO in 2023 before the planned program proceeded.
- End Date
- 2023
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2022-03-29
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 11:04:14 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 11:04:14 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/price/media-releases/australias-first-national-space-mission-central-budget-2022-23https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2022/march/national-space-mission-for-earth-observationhttps://www.industry.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-09/disclosure-log-23-021-73376.pdf