Tag: Gilmour Space Technologies

Historic Australian rocket crashes shortly after take off

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Gilmour Space Technologies launched its maiden rocket from northern Queensland on Wednesday morning, but it crashed shortly after the historic take-off. The locally designed and manufactured rocket took off...

Gilmour Space delays third launch attempt

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Gilmour Space Technologies has pushed back its latest test flight attempt by 10 days, owing to windy conditions at the site of its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in northern Queensland....

Third time’s a charm: Gilmour readies another launch attempt

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gilmour Space Technologies engineers were rolling out the company’s Eris three-stage rocket from its vehicle assembly building on Monday evening ahead of its third launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday....

News Wrap: The Horizon Europe giant looms into view

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It...

Gilmour Space readies maiden ElaraSat mission launch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If everything goes to plan, Gilmour Space Technologies’ ElaraSat satellite bus will be lifted to low earth orbit on Tuesday as a rideshare customer aboard the next SpaceX Transporter-14...

Podcast: Adam Gilmour opens up on scrubbed mission

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for the Gilmour Space Technologies crew after two scrubbed launch attempts in the past week. The Eris TestFlight1 mission has now been put on...

Gilmour Space scrubs launch after electrical fault

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Gilmour Space Technologies has postponed the historic maiden launch of its Eris rocket indefinitely after an electrical fault during pre-launch checks caused the nose cone to open. The company,...