' s ▁commercial ▁space ▁industry , ▁coordin ating ▁domestic ▁activities , ▁ident ifying ▁opportun ities ▁and ▁facil it ating ▁international ▁space ▁eng agement ▁that ▁include ▁Australian ▁st ake hold ers . ▁ ▁Its ▁headquarters ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁Ad ela ide , ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁capital ▁city ▁of ▁South ▁Australia . ▁ ▁Res p ons ib ilities ▁▁ ▁The ▁Agency ▁has ▁six ▁primary ▁respons ib ilities : ▁▁ ▁Prov iding ▁national ▁policy ▁and ▁strateg ic ▁advice ▁on ▁the ▁civil ▁space ▁sector . ▁ ▁Co ordin ating ▁Australia ' s ▁domestic ▁civil ▁space ▁sector ▁activities . ▁ ▁Support ing ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁Australia ' s ▁space ▁industry ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁space ▁across ▁the ▁bro ader ▁economy . ▁ ▁Le ading ▁international ▁civil ▁space ▁eng agement . ▁ ▁Admin ister ing ▁space ▁activities ▁legisl ation ▁and ▁deliver ing ▁on ▁our ▁international ▁oblig ations . ▁ ▁In sp iring ▁the ▁Australian ▁community ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁generation ▁of ▁space ▁entrepr ene urs . ▁ ▁In ▁keeping ▁with ▁the ▁above ▁respons ib ilities , ▁it ▁is ▁different ▁from ▁other ▁established ▁space ▁programs ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁exists ▁to ▁promote ▁private ▁development ▁and ▁business es ▁rather ▁than ▁state ▁space ▁operations ▁( contr ast ing ▁with ▁NASA ▁and ▁the ▁European ▁Space ▁Agency ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Australia ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁O E CD ▁country ▁without ▁a ▁space ▁ag ency ▁other ▁than ▁I cel and , ▁with ▁the ▁preceding ▁Australian ▁Space ▁Office ▁( AS O ) ▁having ▁been ▁dis band ed ▁by ▁the