[FPSPACE] 40th Anniversary of Australia's First Satellite

[LARRY KLAES]

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/40th_Anniversary_Of_Australia_First_Satellite_999.html

40th Anniversary Of Australia's First Satellite

The satellite itself weighed 45 kilograms and was 1.59 metres long. It was 
built at the WRE, with the development of the satellite's experimental 
instrumentation and some of the satellite's testing being conducted at the 
University of Adelaide.

by Staff Writers

Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 29, 2007

It is now 40 years since the University of Adelaide played a key role in 
launching Australia's first satellite. Wresat, named after the former 
Weapons Research Establishment (WRE), was the name of the first Australian 
satellite, which was launched from Woomera, South Australia, on 29 November 
1967. It was a joint venture of the WRE and the University of Adelaide's 
Physics Department.