Nasa to launch three rockets from private Australian space port

The Arnhem Space Centre (Equatorial Launch Australia via AP)

Nasa will launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month in the agency’s first blast-off from a commercial space port outside the United States.

Three sub-orbital sounding rockets will be launched from the Arnhem Space Centre on Indigenous-owned land near the mining town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory on June 26, July 4 and 12, said Nasa and the launch pad’s owner, Equatorial Launch Australia.