November 2026 Meetup | BALLS 34 Experimental Rocket Launch Event
About this event
Join us for the November 2026 meetup of the Space Association of Australia – all welcome!
Date: Monday, 23 November 2026
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm AEDT
Venue: Bentleigh RSL, 538 Centre Road, Bentleigh, VIC
Note: This is an in-person event in Melbourne only, there will be no live stream.
The usual RSL sign-in rules apply (e.g. scan driver's licence) to enter the venue.
There is off-street car parking behind the RSL building — enter from Arthur Street. The entry from the car park is for members only. The public entry is from Centre Road.
Alternate off-street parking may be found in front of the Woolworths next door — enter from Centre Road, or behind the Bentleigh Library — enter from Jasper Road.
The Bentleigh RSL is a few hundred metres east of Bentleigh Station on the Frankston Line. Also, smart buses run along Centre Road.
Download the bistro and gluten-free menus from here.
Please RSVP for the night by booking a free ticket below:
Schedule
- 6:30 pm
- Meal time
- 7:15 pm
- Welcome & introduction with Michael Abdilla
- — 45th anniversary of the Space Association of Australia
- 7:40 pm
- BALLS 34 Annual Experimental Rocket Launch Event and Aerospace Museum of California visit with David Boyd
- 8:20 pm
- International space news update with Angelo Di Grazia
- — Starship Flight 15: This test flight is planned to be the first to return both Starship and Super Heavy to the launch site for a catch. If successful, this will mark the first full recovery of an orbital launch system and a milestone in making Starship a reliable, rapidly reusable rocket.
- 9:00 pm
- End
