First Australian-built Orbital Rocket Crashes Shortly After Liftoff Written 30 July 2025
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First Australian-made rocket crashes 14 seconds after liftoff. | Credit: Firstpost; YouTube; Framegrab
The Guardian reports, “The Eris rocket was built by Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space and briefly blasted off from the Bowen orbital spaceport in north Queensland on Wednesday morning, after months of waiting for the right conditions. The spaceship hovered for less than a minute before crashing in a giant plume of smoke, but it was history-making nonetheless – the attempted launch of an orbital rocket designed and made in Australia.”
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First Australian-made rocket crashes 14 seconds after liftoff.
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