Company type | Private |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 2013 |
Founders | Adam Gilmour, James Gilmour |
Headquarters | 77 Darlington Drive, Yatala, Queensland , Australia |
Services | Orbital rockets, space access, satellite buses |
Number of employees | 200 |
Website | www |
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]
Founded in 2012, Gilmour Space's function is to provide space launch services to the small satellite market using Australian-built Eris orbital rockets, launched from Gilmour’s private spaceport in North Queensland. The company also intends to offer a ride-sharing service, in addition to a modular G-Sat small satellite bus/platform.[2]
The maiden flight of Eris Block 1, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as Australia's first sovereign orbital rocket,[3] is planned for no earlier than August of 2024 from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in Abbot Point, Bowen.[4]
Gilmour Space has long-term ambitions to develop a range of Eris-class launch vehicles capable of carrying larger satellites/payloads into low Earth orbits, and eventually provide space access for crewed orbital missions.[5]