Southern Launch / Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation · Koonibba, Far West Coast, South Australia, Australia
Launch Pads
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Annual Launches
2-5
Max Payload (LEO)
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Established
2020
Koonibba Test Range is a suborbital sounding-rocket and hypersonic testing range in remote Far West South Australia, operated by Southern Launch in partnership with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation. Established 2020, it pioneered a commercial-Indigenous partnership model for Australian launch infrastructure. The range supports research suborbital flights, hypersonic test articles, and university/defence sounding-rocket campaigns.
| Region | Oceania |
| Country | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Coordinates | -31.7800° N, 133.5800° E |
| Ownership | Public–Private |
| Parent Entity | Southern Launch Pty Ltd in partnership with Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation |
| Regulatory Regime | Australian Space Agency under Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 |
| Latitude Advantage | 31.8°S — overland inland site optimized for suborbital research rather than orbital efficiency |
| Azimuth Range | Overland northerly trajectories over uninhabited South Australian outback |
| Website | https://www.southernlaunch.space/koonibba-test-range |
Anchor Tenants
Active Users
Strategic Value
First-of-its-kind Indigenous-community commercial spaceport partnership — template for future Australian rural launch infrastructure and royalty-sharing models.
Recent Activity
Continued hypersonic and suborbital test campaigns through 2025; partnership model cited as case study by ASA
2026
Expanded hypersonic flight test cadence under AUKUS Pillar II programs