Akula Tech has joined Australia’s space cohort in orbit, launching its Nexus-01 AI payload on SpaceX via Dhruva Space’s LEAP-1 as Esper’s OTR-2 hyperspectral imager rode along.
Bowen, we have lift off. In the end Gilmour Space’s 23-metre-high, 30-tonne orbital rocket didn’t rise more than 100-metres in the air before crashing after 14 seconds of flight, but finally, after several attempts, the Australian-designed and made rocket took off just after 8.30am, AEST. “Got off the pad , I am happy. Of course… Read more »
Queensland rocket builder Gilmour Space Technologies is hoping tomorrow will at long last be their chance to launch the first orbital space flight in 50 years from Australia. History was almost made today before the launch attempt for Eris TestFlight1 from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport, about 200km outside Townsville, was scrubbed late on July 29… Read more »
Federal authorities have finally given the green light for Gold Coast rocket builder Gilmour Space Technologies to launch Eris, the first Australian-designed and built rocket for orbit. The space tech startup said the weeks after March 15 are the window for its inaugural flight. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices Australia signed off on… Read more »
Queensland startup Gilmour Space is teaming up with Perth-based Earth observation company LatConnect60 in the second deal involving the rocket builder’s 100-kilogram satellite “bus”, ElaraSat. The collaboration comes just weeks after Gilmour Space landed regulatory approval for the launch of its 23-metres-high Eris rocket in an orbital test flight from its rocket launch pad in… Read more »
Rocket launch pads in Queensland and South Australia have been granted permits by the Australian Space Agency to fire up, with Gilmour Space hoping for lift off before Christmas. Meanwhile, the Southern Launch Whalers Way Orbital launch complex in South Australia has been granted final environmental approvals for work on permanent facilities ahead of plans… Read more »
Rocket developer and satellite launcher Gilmour Space Technologies will kick off a new suborbital flight test service in Australia next year for commercial and defence customers that require hypersonic speeds above Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound). The move comes amid frustrating delays in approval to launch the first Australian-made orbital rocket, developed… Read more »
Gold Coast rocket startup Gilmour Space has been granted approval to launch from its north Queensland facility. Federal regulators gave the company the green light under new laws introduced in 2018 to help develop Australia’s fledging space technology sector. Gilmour has developed its own hybrid rockets with a more environmentally friendly propellant and plans to… Read more »
Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies has raised $55 million in a Series D ahead of a maiden launch in Queensland later this year. The raise was led by the state government-backed Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), an existing investor, alongside VCs Blackbird and Main Sequence, plus superannuation funds HostPlus and HESTA. The cash will fund the… Read more »
Queensland rocket and satellite company, Gilmour Space, will launch Australia’s first ‘Caravan’ to space in late 2024, with a payload of multiple satellites for low earth orbits (LEO), as part of a “rideshare” model for other space startups. CEO and cofounder Adam Gilmour said that unlike most rocket launches which host a primary customer payload,… Read more »
The federal government has awarded Queensland rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies $15 million to develop and launch a new sovereign surveillance satellite as part of a $7 billion ramping up of the nation’s space capabilities. Defence Minister Peter Dutton said the partnership with the Gold Coast tech company is part of the government’s Space Command,… Read more »
Perth-based startup LatConnect 60 (LC60), an Earth observation and data fusion company, is partnering with Queensland rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies, in a project to to build and launch the first microsatellite in a planned high-resolution hyperspectral imaging constellation. LC60 CEO and founder Venkat Pillay, and Gilmour Space’s Adam Gilmour announced the deal at the… Read more »
Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies has received a $52 million grant from the federal government for its collaborative project bringing together more than 30 local space tech startups, and universities. The Australian Space Manufacturing Network (ASMN) was awarded Modern Manufacturing Initiative Collaboration (MMIC) grant for the development of sovereign space capabilities in Australia. The grant… Read more »
The $61m series C included local VCs Blackbird & Main Sequence Gilmour Space plans to launch its first space mission from Australian soil in 2022 Its hybrid rocket offers an environmentally friendly, lower cost launch capability Gold Coast-based rocket design company Gilmour Space has landed a whopping $61 million (US$47m) series C round as… Read more »
Gilmour Space Technologies, the Gold Coast-based startup building lower-cost hybrid rockets for launching small satellites into low earth orbits from 2022, has signed its first international deal for launch and orbital logistics with US rocket venture Momentus. The multi-million-dollar partnership will see the two companies share launch services, with Momentus buying at least one of… Read more »
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