NASA launches its first rocket from a private base outside the US

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NASA has launched this June 26, from the remote north of Australia, its first rocket from a commercial spaceport outside the United States.

Taking off from the ASC (Arnhem Space Center) on the Gove Peninsula, a BBIX rocket traveled more than 300 kilometers in space, carrying an atmospheric sensing/observation platform to observe the constellations AlphaCentauri A and B. The launch was completed successfully, according to reports it’s a statement ELA(Equatorial Launch Australia), developer, owner and operator of the spaceport.

History made?

The 1st of 3 @POT scientific rockets have successfully launched from @ela_space Arnhem Space Center in the NT.

It’s Australia’s 1st commercial launch & NASA’s 1st from a commercial facility outside the US.

This is a milestone moment for our ???? space sector ?? pic.twitter.com/oVnAeRNfzH

— Australian Space Agency (@AusSpaceAgency) June 26, 2022

The agreement with NASA includes other two releases planned for July 4 and July 12, all to carry out astrophysics studies that can only be carried out from the southern hemisphere. This is the first commercial space launch on Australian soil.

The Arnhem Space Center is the only commercially owned and operated multi-user equatorial launch site in the world and is located 12 degrees south of the equator in the Gulf of Carpentaria and offers unique benefits for space launches.