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Coetus Astrum

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Coetus Astrum
Union Australis Space Agency
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Abbreviation CA
Formation 1679 AN
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The Coetus Astrum (lit. "Star Group") is the space agency of the Union Australis, being a joint agency between the Confederate Agency for Space Exploration, of the Ciric Confederacy, and the Southern Space Initiative of Caradia.

Background

While the Southern Space Initiative was never a particularly strong or important space agency, it was nonetheless subsumed into the Coetus Astrum by the Confederate Agency for Space Exploration, officially due to an effort to tighten the alliance between Caradia and the confederacy further, but in reality it was because the confederate agency was short staffed, and was in need of less trained employees, which it sought in Caradia. The agency exists primarily to further the ambitions of the confederacy before the alliance was founded.

Programs

Mission Type Start date End date Status Notes
Atmospheric Meteorological Survey unmanned
(satellite)
7.XIV.1679 AN Active A series of satellites launched into orbit to monitor the weather patterns of Micras, particularly at the equator.

Current Research Programs

Project Type Start date End date Status Notes
Atos Weapons Platform Military 13.XI.1679 AN Active A study started by the Confederate Agency for Space Exploration and continued by the Coetus Astrum, the Atos Weapons Platform is a joint research project with the Ciric armed forces to design a possible satellite containing weapons that could be deployed from orbit.
Rhodsson Project Civilian 16.III.1680 AN Active A project independent of any military funding intending to be the first manned mission of the Union to space; the space ship, the Rhodsson-1, began construction in II.1680, and is projected to be finished in VI.1680, coinciding with the completion of training of the four Australisian cosmonauts who will be sent on the mission: Zara Ivanova and Iohan Arescu from Caradia, and Heston Paine and Olga Kristjansdotter from the confederacy. The mission aims to get the Rhodsson-1 out of Micras's atmosphere, stay in space for six hours, and land in the Antarctic Ocean for recovery, in order to prove the feasibility of utilising space for various purposes.

Hardware

Name Type Picture Armament Status Notes
Rhodsson Class Shuttle Rhodsson Class.png
  • 4 x 12cm Naval Gun
In Development The Rhodsson Class space shuttle is the first space-faring craft other than satellites produced by the Coetus Astrum; it is intended to be used for the Rhodsson Project as proof that the Union should be more involved in space. The Rhodsson Class space shuttle is equipped with four 12cm naval guns following Caradian designs in order to avoid large pieces of space junk damaging the craft's hull. It uses a combined plasma and chemical propulsion system.