Applying geoscience to Australia's most important challenges

AIMS Home Savanna Explorer - Northern Australia - Mitchell Grasslands Welcome to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) NATIONAL SPACE INDUSTRY POLICY - National Space Industry Policy Australia’s Satellite Utilisation Policy provides a vision for Australia’s use of space and space-related technologies including providing strategies to enable Australia to meet its national priorities through space and to ensure Australia meets its future space-related education and innovation needs. Australia’s Satellite Utilisation Policy reflects the Principles for a National Space Industry Policy and reaffirms that Australian Government efforts will focus on: Space applications that have a significant security, economic and social impact, specifically Earth Observation, Satellite Communications and Position, Navigation and Timing.Ensuring resilient access to those space systems on which we rely now and to those important to our future national security, economic, environmental and social well-being. Australia's Satellite Utilisation Policy [ Australia has a long history of involvement in space activities. The link below provides more information about Australia’s space history.