Our capabilities
Space Domain Awareness (SDA)
Our approach to SDA provides cost effective, comprehensive, persistent surveillance of the space environment over the entire Australian continent.
Antenna design and characterisation
CIRA engineers continue to support the design and modelling of SKA-Low antenna performance.
Planetary defence
Our optical space situational awareness capability supports planetary defence through the observation and tracking of objects originating in space – from meteorites to space debris.
Electromagnetic compatibility
Radio telescopes are sensitive to the faintest of signals that have been travelling across the Universe for billions of years.
Radio frequency communications
CIRA maintains high-specification RF labs, including a suite of modern equipment for characterisation and test of instrumentation.
High performance computing for advanced signal processing
Our researchers develop and utilise use case, environment, and instrument-informed advanced signal-processing techniques to extract extremely faint signals from ‘noisy’ data.
Directed energy
Modern electronic components and circuits in computers, communication equipment, electronic warfare and vehicle (air, sea, land, space) systems are susceptible to electromagnetic radiation.
Field engineering and remote operations
At CIRA, our Engineering and Operations team have a working knowledge of radio telescope field engineering requirements.