Gilmour Space (@GilmourSpace) on X (original) (raw)

Leading Australian space company developing and launching rockets and satellites to orbit!🚀 Find us at gspace.com

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  Hello, from Australia! Looks like a successful launch of India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander mission, seen here from QLD (just some pics we managed to catch of the 3rd stage passivation), as it continues its journey to the Moon 🌝 Congrats to
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  TestFlight1 — Liftoff 🚀 Today, Eris became the first #AustralianMade orbital rocket to launch from Australian soil — ~14s of flight, 23s engine burn. Big step for 🇦🇺 launch capability. Team safe, data in hand, eyes on TestFlight 2. (More pics and vids to come from the media.)
  
  
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  Hey guys, don’t worry! Our payload is safe.
  
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  Liftoff completed, launch tower cleared, stage 1 tested. Awesome result for a first test launch.
  
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  𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝟭 – 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 Last night, during final checks, an unexpected issue triggered the rocket’s payload fairing. No fuel was loaded, no one was hurt, and early inspections show no damage to the rocket or pad. (1/2)
  
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  NEWS 🚀Gilmour Space has secured Australia’s first orbital launch permit for #TestFlight1—a huge milestone for our new space industry! Target launch date: if not early December, then mid Jan. More: gspace.com/post/australia…(Photo by Kristin S, Gilmour Space)
  
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  #TestFlight1 Update: 𝗡𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. Our team identified an issue in the ground support system during overnight checks. We’re now in an extended hold to work through it. Our next target is the Friday morning launch window. Stay tuned for updates.
  
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  Replying to @GilmourSpace
  We’ll send a replacement fairing from our Gold Coast factory after a full investigation. That means we’re standing down from this test campaign to investigate and fix. A new date for TestFlight1 will be announced once ready. Ad Astra 🚀 (PS: Vegemite payload = safe : ) (2/2)
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  We got a mention on NASA Spaceflight this week… 🤩 How good 🇦🇺🚀
  
  
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  #OneTeam #OneDream🚀 Fairing’s up in Bowen, and our team’s hard at work investigating the anomaly. Hope to provide updates soon. Thanks for the support!
  
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  #Testflight1 Update: We’ve completed our investigation into the payload fairing anomaly on May 15. What happened? The payload fairing was triggered during a vehicle shutdown by an unexpected power surge, caused by electrical backfeed from downstream devices. 1/2
  
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  Q: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺? This isn’t just our 1st rocket launch, it’s also the 1st from our Bowen spaceport. We’re focused on launch AND range activities + we're limiting non-essential network traffic to minimise operational risk. Thx & we’ll share a video after!🚀
  
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  Rocket's turn. TestFlight1 Update🚀 ✅Fairing on ☑️Fixes in — testing continues ✅Reg notifications issued We were aiming for a June launch, but weather’s not cooperating. Pending weather, wind & testing, we have a narrow window 𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭. More gspace.com/missions