Tag: Gilmour Space Technologies

Candle wax blast off for German rocket

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Adelaide spacetech Southern Launch will attempt to send an 11.5 metre candle wax powered German rocket into sub-orbit on Thursday from its Koonibba test range in the state’s far...

Defence awards last $3.5m in grants before program reform

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Eight local companies will share in defence industry grants worth $3.47 million, the last to be awarded before Defence introduces a new grants regime in June. Funded projects include...

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 quietly steps toward the vertical

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gilmour Space Technologies expects to lift its Eris rocket to its vertical position on the launchpad for the first time in the next ten days as the company quietly...

Space treaty stoush opens up over sovereign controls

Posted on   |  by James Riley
What was supposed to have been a no-brainer treaty between the US and Australia promising to boost the local space industry – the Technology Safeguards Agreement – has instead...

Gilmour granted Australia’s first orbital spaceport permit

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Local rocket maker Gilmour Space Technologies has secured Australia’s first orbital launch facility licence for its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland. Science and Industry minister Ed Husic recently...

$9m in Moon to Mars funding for local space firms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than $9 million in funding has been awarded to 12 Australian space firms as part of the latest rounds of the federal government’s Moon to Mars Supply Chain...