Fleet Space Technologies has opened its new global headquarters (GHQ) and space-tech hyperfactory at Adelaide Airport’s Catalyst Park.
“Ten years ago, Fleet Space began the journey of building next-gen exploration technologies - powered by the latest advances in space, agile geoscience, and AI - to accelerate the energy transition and support future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond,” CEO & Co-Founder of Fleet Space, Flavia Tata Nardini, said.
Fleet Space’s 5,300m²+ facility will enable the production of next-generation geophysical sensors and satellites annually. Within this facility, Fleet Space has vertically integrated its business operations - supply chain, design, manufacturing, operations, engineering and R&D.
“Today we are proud to open our new global headquarters and space tech hyperfactory to scale our global platform - ExoSphere - to fuel the next leap in science, technology, and human exploration - future-proofing Australia’s leadership in the development of future industries," Nardini stated.
Fleet Space’s GHQ and space-tech hyperfactory will support the expansion of its global, AI-powered exploration platform - ExoSphere - which is deployed by mining and resource companies like Rio Tinto, Barrick, Gold Fields, and Maaden to image mineral systems in real-time across five continents.
“The scale, speed, and capacity of this vertically integrated facility will equip explorers on Earth and beyond with the agile geoscience solutions needed to move from insight to action, faster – a critical step in supporting the clean energy transition and near-term ambitions to build permanent research stations beyond our planet,” Co-Founder & Chief Exploration Officer of Fleet Space, Matt Pearson, stated.
These new facilities will also enable Fleet Space’s to advance its off-world missions over the coming years, including deployment of the lunar variant of its ExoSphere technology - SPIDER - for Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 2 and survey the near-Earth asteroid - Apophis - when it comes within 32,000km of Earth’s surface in 2029.