Binar-1, WA’s first satellite, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral today

WA’s first-ever satellite has blasted into space, after the planned launch yesterday was delayed due to bad weather.

The Binar-1 — the first satellite model completely designed and built in WA — was scheduled to take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral yesterday, but adverse weather conditions delayed the launch.

The tiny sub-2kg satellite blasted off about 3:30pm today, travelling to the international space station aboard a SpaceX rocket.

From there, the toaster-sized craft will be propelled into orbit 400km above the Earth’s surface. Travelling at an eye-watering 7.8km per second, it will circle the globe once every 90 minutes.

“It’s massive news for the WA space industry,” said Professor Phil Bland, director of Curtin University’s Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC).

SSTC runs the Binar program, partnered with remote operations experts Fugro and industry-led consortium AROSE.

The launch is part of a program that will take Aussie space technology to the Moon by 2025.

Space enthusiasts watched the launch in Yagan Square, where it was beamed onto the digital tower screen.