Tag: Bowen Orbital Spaceport

Gilmour Space shoots for landmark maiden launch this week

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Gilmour Space Technologies will attempt the first orbital launch from Australian soil in more than 50 years as early as Thursday morning after receiving final approval from the space...

Countdown: Gilmour takes $20m capital hit on delays

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gilmour Space Technologies chief executive Adam Gilmour estimates that the company has taken “a $20 million hit to our capital” during its long wait for regulatory approval for the...

Countdown: Gilmour Space launch permit remains elusive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gilmour Space Technologies has completed a full, two-week launch dress rehearsal involving more than 30 operations and ground staff ahead of the maiden launch of its three-stage Eris orbital...

Countdown: Gilmour’s long wait for a launch permit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The countdown toward the launch of the first Australian designed and manufactured orbital rocket remains on hold as Gilmour Space Technologies’ long wait for an official launch permit from...

Countdown: Gilmour’s Bowen Spaceport open for business

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Queensland deputy Premier and Treasurer Cameron Dick was an early champion of Gilmour Space Technologies’ plan to design, build and launch an orbital vehicle from a Queensland spaceport. In...

Countdown: Gilmour vehicle integration is complete

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The past two weeks have been massive in Gilmour Space Technologies’ build-up to the maiden flight of its Eris orbital vehicle, with the three-stage rocket now fully-integrated and ready...

Countdown: Cyclone Kirrily a near miss for Gilmour

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gilmour Space Technologies says its Bowen Orbital Spaceport facility has largely escaped any damage from tropical cyclone Kirrily, which is wreaking havoc in parts of Queensland, and would not...