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First Australian Launch Permit for Orbital Test Flight Awarded

Australian Space Agency Clears Gilmour Space Technologies for Liftoff

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Tom Patton
Nov 07, 2024
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Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic MP, and the Australian Space Agency has granted the country’s first orbital launch permit to Gilmour Space Technologies for its maiden Eris rocket launch from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in north Queensland.

“With this green light, we will soon attempt the first orbital test flight of an Australian-made rocket…

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