Equatorial Launch Australia

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), founded in 2018 and headquartered in Darwin, Northern Territory, operates the Arnhem Space Centre located on the Arnhem Land Indigenous land in Australia's far north — a remote equatorial launch site at approximately 12°S latitude with Pacific Ocean downrange access that is commercially unique: the only privately owned and operated multi-user equatorial orbital launch facility in the world. The equatorial location provides the maximum possible advantage from Earth's rotational velocity: at 12°S latitude, the launch site benefits from ~460 m/s of eastward vel