Australia

![CDATA[Australia has had a long heritage in space-related activities and has made several significant contributions from the early development of humankind’s endeavours in space. Its technical expertise, geographic location and long and close alliances with various other space-faring countries, has meant that it has played, and continues to play, an important role in tracking and communications activities involving all manner of space objects. In addition, as early as 1949, a test launch facility was developed at a site in Woomera in South Australia that, at its peak, was the world’s second most heavily used launch site after Cape Canaveral, involving the launch of American, European and Australian rockets.]]