Michelle Keegan, AROSE Program Director and Deputy Chair of the AROSE Resources Advisory Board, speaking at an Austmine event.

The Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth consortium (AROSE) has established an International Space Council to help guide its mission.

AROSE Chair, David Flanagan, said it had attracted a group of highly experienced and respected professionals from the global space industry to join the Council.

“Council members will help define AROSE’s global engagement strategy and provide long-term strategic direction to ensure we are successful in achieving our mission, to position Australia as a global leader of remote operations in Space and on Earth,” Flanagan said.

The International Space Council will also help strengthen and foster relationships between Australia’s burgeoning space sector and the rest of the world.

“The Council will help position AROSE and Australia as a leading global provider of remote operations capability to the international Space sector,” said Council member Carissa Christensen, an expert in advanced technology for the defence and space industries.

“Australia’s expertise is well understood by space-faring nations, and there will be many opportunities in the years ahead to expand Australia’s remote operations service offering to major international Space sector providers.”

The International Space Council compliments AROSE’s existing Resources Advisory Board, made up of leaders from Australia’s mining and energy sectors, which was formed to bring space capability to resources companies.

In related news, AROSE has announced that it has partnered with Austmine, the industry association for the Australia’s mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector.

Austmine represents more than 650 METS companies nationally.

Michelle Keegan, AROSE Program Director and Deputy Chair of the AROSE Resources Advisory Board, said the new partnership with Austmine will help drive collaboration, leverage resources capability into space missions, and bring space capability into the resources sector.

As part of the partnership, AROSE and Austmine will positively promote each other’s activities and communicate the value each organisation brings to the mining and METS sectors.

The partnership will also broaden their combined reach into other sectors, including agriculture, defence, energy and advanced manufacturing.