WRESAT

The first Australian Satellite
Launched Wednesday November 29, 1967

 


In this section

The background

The Satellite

Preparations

Photos from John Carver

The flight

Peter Pockley on the radio coverage from Woomera

Tracking new

Photos & souvenirs

Newspapers

Congratulations

The Booklet

Unless otherwise mentioned, all photos and documents in this section
are courtesy of WRESAT’s Project Manager, Des Barnsley.
They were scanned and enhanced by Colin Mackellar.

WRESAT launch

Australia’s first satellite, WRESAT,
was launched from Woomera at 2:19pm Central Australian Time on
Wednesday November 29, 1967.

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