Jabiru-Sat is a subsidiary of NewSat Limited a leading, independent, satellite services provider in Australia with major teleport installations in Perth and Adelaide.

For further information concerning NewSat and its service provision from telemetry, tracking and control to broadband connectivity for rural farms, please see www.newsat.com

Jabiru is the name of the initial satellite planned to launch and be operative in 2011. The Jabiru is the only indigenous stork in Australia and the bird imagery is appropriate for the Australian satellite.

Australia is one of only two nations in the OECD top 25 countries, along with Mexico, not to have its own space programme. Jabiru-Sat seeks to be a major start and part of an Australian-owned satellite quest.