What We Do

Putting space into the hands of WA: the Binar team launch student hardware and industry payloads into low-earth orbit onboard cube satellites.

The Desert Fireball Network (DFN) and Global Fireball Observatory (GFO) track fireballs with remote camera systems to determine their origins in the solar system and recover fallen meteorites.

Enabled by space mission collaborations and the world-class facilities of the John de Laeter Centre, SSTC researchers gain insights from precious extra-terrestrial materials.

Investigating the impact history of the solar system through the cratering record of Earth, Mars, the Moon, Vesta, and other solar system bodies.

Space rocks help us unravel the history of the solar system and planetary bodies within it.

Our research has helped to resolve the initial formation of the lunar crust, evolution of igneous and volcanic activity, and the history of impact events on the Moon.

Studying the structure and evolution of the Red Planet.

We combine satellite remote sensing and data fusion techniques to solving meaningful environmental problems related to forest health monitoring, smoke detection, and bushfire prevention.

We can apply machine learning techniques and convolutional neural networks to analyse planetary science images.

Studying ancient fossils in the Pilbara is assisting our search for life on Mars.

We promote STEM pathways and enable careers in space, through exciting projects, hands-on courses, and engaging activities.

With collaborations in NASA, JAXA and ESA, SSTC researchers have put hardware on the surface of other planets.