Gilmour Space Technologies
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Gilmour Space Technologies is a venture-funded Australian aerospace company that is developing hybrid-propellant rocket engines and associated technologies to support the deployment of a low-cost launch vehicle.[1]
Company type | Private |
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Founded | 2013; 11 years ago (2013) |
Founders | Adam Gilmour, James Gilmour |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Services | Orbital launch vehicle, spaceport, satellite bus |
Number of employees | 200 |
Website | www |
Founded in 2012, Gilmour Space's function is to provide space launch services to the small satellite market – offering a range of Australian-built Eris orbital rockets, launched from Gilmour's private spaceport in north Queensland; and a modular G-Sat small satellite bus/platform.[2]
The maiden flight of its Eris rocket, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as Australia's first sovereign-made orbital rocket,[3] is planned for no earlier than 2024 from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in Abbot Point, Bowen.[4]
Gilmour Space has near-term plans to develop a range of Eris launch vehicles capable of carrying larger satellites/payloads into Low Earth Orbits, and eventually provide space access for human spaceflight and exploration.[5]