Waratah Seed Spacecraft

Australian ride-share satellite so that industry and researchers can use to test and prove the functionality of their tech.

Funded by the NSW government, Waratah Seed is a pilot space qualification project to launch NSW-developed space technology into orbit to test and prove functionality. The project is focused on developing the NSW space sector in particular, and the Australian space industry as a whole.

Having won joint 1st prize in the Waratah Seed WS-1 Payload Competition, Spiral Blue has been awarded a ride-share slot for our edge computer, Space Edge-1 (SE-1) on board a 6U CubeSat, launching late 2023.

Designed by EurokaPower, the University of Sydney Space Solar Cell Research Team, and led by Anita Ho-Baillie, Laura Granados, Tiaan Stals, Arafat Mahmud, Shi Tang, David McKenzie, and Iver Cairns, the PORT-2 payload seeks to further demonstrate the capabilities of perovskite new solar cell designs in extra-terrestrial environments. This mission will pave the way for accessible high-performance space-grade solar cells.

The Waratah Seed-1 mission will extend operations, surpassing expectations after operating in space for 6 months as of Monday 17th February. Seven of the nine payloads on board are now operational and sending data back to Earth for analysis. Of the remaining two payloads, both are drawing current and one has generated a datafile onboard.

• BRO-14
• BRO-15
• CAKRA-1
• Connecta IoT 1
• Connecta IoT 2
• Connecta IoT 3
• Connecta IoT 4
• CUAVA-2
• Deimos
• Flock-4be 1
• Flock-4be 2
• Flock-4be 3
• Flock-4be 4
• Flock-4be 5
• Flock-4be 6
• Flock-4be 7
• Flock-4be 8
• Flock-4be 9
• Flock-4be 10
• Flock-4be 11
• Flock-4be 12
• Flock-4be 13
• Flock-4be 14
• Flock-4be 15
• Flock-4be 16
• Flock-4be 17
• Flock-4be 18
• Flock-4be 19
• Flock-4be 20
• Flock-4be 21
• Flock-4be 22
• Flock-4be 23
• Flock-4be 24
• Flock-4be 25
• Flock-4be 26
• Flock-4be 27
• Flock-4be 28
• Flock-4be 29
• Flock-4be 30
• Flock-4be 31
• Flock-4be 32
• Flock-4be 33
• Flock-4be 34
• Flock-4be 35
• Flock-4be 36
• ERNST
• GaindeSat
• GNA-3
• Hubble 3 (Lemur-2)
• Hyperfield-1
• HYPSO-2
• IPERDRONE
• Kanyini
• Lemu Nge
• Lemur-2 191
• Lemur-2 192
• Lopen
• Nightjar
• OreSat0.5
• Phi-Sat-2
• PICO-1B-1
• PICO-1B-2
• PICO-1B-3
• PICO-1B-4
• PICO-1B-5
• PICO-1B-6
• PICO-1B-7
• PICO-1B-8
• PICO-1B-9
• PTD-4
• PTD-R
• QUBE
• Rock
• Sateliot_1
• Sateliot_2
• Sateliot_3
• Sateliot_4
• SATORO-T2
• Tomorrow-S1
• Tomorrow-S2
• TORO
• TROOP-F2
• UM5-EOSat
• UM5-Ribat
• Waratah Seed
• WREN
• Lemur-2 193
• Lemur-2 194
• Lemur-2 195
• Lemur-2 196
• Sedna 1
• SR-0 DemoSAT