Location: Yass, NSW. Site not open to the public
Country: Ngunawal
LGA: Yass Valley Council
Region: Southern Tablelands
Website: http://www.cingulanspace.com.au
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We are thrilled to announce a major milestone with the successful launch of UNSW Canberra’s M2 Pathfinder satellite, designed and built by UNSW Canberra Space. Congratulations to the team at UNSW Canberra on a successful launch! Our team at Cingulan Space is proud to have played a key role in this remarkable achievement.
Establishing successful communication with the satellite via our ground station near Yass has been a significant accomplishment for us. Our state-of-the-art satellite tracking technology has enabled seamless communication with the small spacecraft as it orbits the Earth…. more >>
Cingulan Interferometry Receiver, 22 March 2024
In partnership with UNSW Canberra Space, and with the involvement of an ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy) cadet, Cingulan Space has developed and commissioned a new Interferometry Receiver to increase Australia’s space domain awareness (SDA). The SDA receiver located at Cingulan Space’s Yass Station is designed to receive a signal from satellites … more >>
Pathfinder spacecraft successfully tracked from Cingulan base, Yass Valley Times, 25 June 2020
Yass based Cingulan Space has achieved another milestone with the successful launch of UNSW Canberra’s M2 Pathfinder satellite which was designed and built by UNSW Canberra Space … More >>
Securing spectrum for Space 2.0, Keith Rosario, for The Stategist, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 11 March 2020
Every day, we’re surrounded by a sea of radiofrequency signals—from our smartphones, GPS, vehicle proximity sensors, and TV and radio broadcasts. All of these systems use the radiofrequency spectrum, on an exclusive or shared basis.
Spectrum is critical national infrastructure like dams, roads, ports and the electricity network. It’s invisible, yet it’s embedded in our nation’s daily activities and thus core to our prosperity and growth. Spectrum is the unseen essential and fundamental input to the operation of many public-benefit and for-profit enterprises, but also to our national security and defence capabilities. Spectrum security must become a greater part of our national interest considerations. More >>
Cingulan tracking cubesats: Space mission up, up and away, Australian Government Defence blog, 23 March 2021
Australia today launched its most complex CubeSat mission ever, with the M2 Mission lifting-off in New Zealand as part of Rocket Lab’s They Go Up So Fast mission. M2 will separate from the electron rocket in Earth’s lower orbit. It will then split into two smaller CubeSats – M2-A and M2-B – and engage in formation flying …. more >>
Stem Outreach at Yass Highschool, 15 November 2023
Throughout the year, Cingulan Space has been supporting an amazing group of young STEM students from Yass High School in the CSIRO Generation STEM program. The program is a first of its kind in Yass and the region. Cingulan Space staff provided the STEM students with guidance, support and mentorship … more >>
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Published 4 March 2025. Last revised 23 September 2025.
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