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Back In The Ring; Australian Space Awards 2025
We are pleased to announce our nomination as finalist in the Australian Space Awards 2025 across two categories: 1. Finalist - Space...

Mehdi Hussain
Apr 191 min read
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The Trace, Track and Tackle Sequence for space debris detection & mitigation at 4th IAA CSSA, FL (9th May 2024)
Our presentation on our patent-pending Trace, Track and Tackle sequence for space debris detection and mitigation using a network of...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Jul 14, 20241 min read
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Analysis of a Streak - A Suspected 10cm LEO Debris
Our patent-pending Trace, Track and Tackle sequence to detect and mitigate space debris starts with the primary detection of uncatalogued...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Mar 23, 20247 min read
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Prototype observations of the RSO streaks (satellites and debris)
Testing of the new OTA for prototype observations of the resident space objects. Combined footage from 45min of observations between 1918...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Aug 23, 20231 min read
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Australian Defence Industry Awards 2023
We are humbled and proud to be nominated again as a Finalist in the Innovator of the Year - company and individual categories - for the...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Patent-pending
Our Trace, Track and Tackle model for optical detection, characterization and mitigation of space-debris in LEO (including ADR with...

Mehdi Hussain
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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A look back at Australia's first mobile astronomical observatory
Southern Cross Outreach Observatory Project (SCOOP) was designed and built as Australia's first purpose-built mobile observatory in 2016....

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Nominations and Awards
Southern Cross Outback Observatories Project (SCOOP) is proud to contribute to the Australian space industry and we are humbled by its...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Australian Export Market Development Grant
We are proud to secure Australian Export Development Grant to promote SCOOP and its patent-pending space debris detection and mitigation...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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About SCOOP
The Southern Cross Outback Observatories Project (SCOOP) is an envisioned network of mobile observatories. It emerges from our experience...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Website Launched
20th August 2022 Welcome to our new website. https://www.scoop.net.au/

Muhammad Mehdi Hussain
Aug 20, 20221 min read
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Australian Space Awards 2022
26th March 2022 This was our first entry into the prestigious Australian Space Awards and, though we didn't bring the crystal trophy...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Mar 26, 20221 min read
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SCOOP's got a website
19th March 2022 Website for SCOOP is launched. It is currently under construction and will be up and running pretty soon....

Muhammad Mehdi Hussain
Mar 19, 20221 min read
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Australian Space Awards 2022 - Innovator of the year (Company)
3rd March 2022 Southern Cross Outreach Observatory Project has been nominated as a finalist for the Australian Space Awards 2022 in...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Mar 3, 20221 min read
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Invitation for the 3rd ICSSA Conference on Space Debris
SCOOP is going international. We now have a chance to present to the world the extreme usefulness of the concept of mobile observatories...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Feb 10, 20221 min read
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Developing Australia's Space Industry
3rd December 2021 Honourable mention of Southern Cross Outreach Observatory Project (SCOOP) and our proposal of establishing a network of...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Dec 3, 20211 min read
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Space debris struck ISS
21st June 2021 Another honourable mention. It is really time for governments to bump up the effort and find ways to implement our...

Muhammad Mehdi Hussain
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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Scoop it up!
12th March 2021 We are glad to see recognition of our concept of creating a network of mobile observatories for space situational...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Standing Committee of Australian Parliament on developing Australia's space industry
28th January 2021 Proud moment for SCOOP as Australian Parliament has published our proposal on developing Australia's space industry on...

Muhammad Mehdi Hussain
Jan 28, 20211 min read
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Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
20th December 2020 Witnessing history Jupiter- Saturn conjunction 19 Dec 2020 The conjunction will peak on 21st Dec but we didn't take a...

Muhammad Akbar Hussain
Dec 20, 20201 min read
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