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Operator file · AU-1038

Equatorial Launch Australia

Australia · Commercial · EST. 2015

Equatorial Launch Australia is a commercial launch operator based in Australia, founded in 2015. It has flown 3 launches under its own name. 3 succeeded and 0 failed, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the schedule we can see right now.

SourceLAUNCH LIBRARY 2
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Page generated2026-11-11 07:54:05Z

Flight record

Launch statistics

ON RECORD
Total launches3
Successful3
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Consecutive successes3
Scheduled0
AdministratorCEO: Michael Jones
Founded2015

These are launches under ELA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, ELA is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

Manifest role

NONE FILED
Flying as operator0
Named as customer0
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Scheduled (register total)0

No scheduled flight names ELA with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About ELA

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) is an Australian startup founded in 2015 to provide commercial space launches from the Arnhem Land spaceport.

Upcoming launches

Manifest

EMPTY

ELA has nothing on the schedule we can see, which runs to 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. Its missions show up here once a launch date is published.

All upcoming launches

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Australia Sounding Rocket Campaign Press Kit (SVS14164 - WFF-2021-045-002)
Australia Sounding Rocket Campaign Press Kit (SVS14164 - WFF-2021-045-002)NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - NASA/WFF/Keith Koehler, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Joy Ng, Telophase/Miles S. Hatfield, NASA/WFF/Jamie Adkins, Wyle Information Systems/Mara Johnson-Groh, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Chris Perry, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Brian Bonsteel, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Allison Stancil, Berit Bland Company/Berit Bland · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Australia Sounding Rocket Campaign Press Kit (SVS14164 - DJI 0005 v2 Arnhem Space Center ELA)
Australia Sounding Rocket Campaign Press Kit (SVS14164 - DJI 0005 v2 Arnhem Space Center ELA)NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - NASA/WFF/Keith Koehler, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Joy Ng, Telophase/Miles S. Hatfield, NASA/WFF/Jamie Adkins, Wyle Information Systems/Mara Johnson-Groh, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Chris Perry, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Brian Bonsteel, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Allison Stancil, Berit Bland Company/Berit Bland · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Australia Sounding Rocket Campaign Press Kit (SVS14164 - Australia 2 scaled 24 x 24 6-21-2-sm)
Australia Sounding Rocket Campaign Press Kit (SVS14164 - Australia 2 scaled 24 x 24 6-21-2-sm)NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - NASA/WFF/Keith Koehler, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Joy Ng, Telophase/Miles S. Hatfield, NASA/WFF/Jamie Adkins, Wyle Information Systems/Mara Johnson-Groh, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Chris Perry, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Brian Bonsteel, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Allison Stancil, Berit Bland Company/Berit Bland · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many launches has Equatorial Launch Australia flown?
Equatorial Launch Australia has flown 3 launches under its own name. 3 succeeded and 0 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
What is Equatorial Launch Australia's success rate?
100.0%. That's 3 successful flights out of 3 attempts. Its last 3 launches in a row have succeeded.
When is Equatorial Launch Australia's next launch?
Equatorial Launch Australia has nothing on the schedule EveryLaunch can see, which runs to 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z.
Does Equatorial Launch Australia fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
Equatorial Launch Australia has flown 3 launches under its own name. It isn't the operator on any scheduled flight we can see. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.
Where is Equatorial Launch Australia based?
Australia. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2015.