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Gilmour Space is hoping this week is finally their chance to make history with a test flight of its Australian-made Eris rocket

- July 29, 2025 2 MIN READ

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 »

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Disappointment as Gilmour Space postpones first ever mission to put Australian-made rocket into orbit

- May 16, 2025 2 MIN READ

After a week of excited build up, Queensland’s Gilmour Space Technologies was forced to postpone its mission to send an Australian-made rocket into orbit this week – a feat that would have made history. Gilmour Space’s first launch window opened on Thursday but the rocket stayed silent at the Bowen Orbital Spaceport – about 200km… Read more »

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Rocket startup Gilmour Space teams up with US space logistics firm Atomos for orbital cargo plan

- March 7, 2023 < 1 MIN READ

Queensland rocket company Gilmour Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based Atomos Space to provide in-space transportation and launch aggregation services. The deal comes as Gilmour prepares for the launch of its first home-grown rocket from it Bowen Orbital Spaceport in northern Queensland Atomos offers in-space transportation services, while Gold Coast-based Gilmour, which… Read more »

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Rocket startup Gilmour Space is launching a ‘caravan’ into orbit in 2024

- September 20, 2022 2 MIN READ

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 »

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Australian rocket company Gilmour Space will begin launching local satellites from 2023

- March 31, 2021 2 MIN READ

Two of Australia’s New Space pioneers — Queensland rocket manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies, and South Australian nanosatellite manufacturer for the Internet of Things (IoT), Fleet Space Technologies — are joining forces to launch small satellites to orbit. “We have signed a contract to launch six Fleet Space Centauri nanosatellites on our Eris rockets in 2023,”… Read more »