Gilmour finally gets launch license from Australian bureaucrats
Australia’s commercial spaceports. Click for original map.
After several years of delays, the Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space today announced that it has finally been issued a launch license from the Australian Space Agency.
According to the company, “pending weather & final system checks, we’re on target for our launch window to open NET May 15.”
The launch will take place at Gilmour’s own Bowen spaceport on the east coast of Australia. The Eris rocket has three stages and is designed to launch smallsats similar to Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket.
It is amazing this company hasn’t gone bankrupt waiting for this launch license. It applied in 2022, hoping to launch that year. Three years later it finally gets the okay. The amount of cash it had to burn unnecessarily in those years would generally destroy most startups.
Whether the red tape in Australia will clear up in the future is decidedly unknown, especially with the election victory this month of the leftist party.
Hat tip BtB’s stringer Jay.
Australia’s commercial spaceports. Click for original map.
After several years of delays, the Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space today announced that it has finally been issued a launch license from the Australian Space Agency.
According to the company, “pending weather & final system checks, we’re on target for our launch window to open NET May 15.”
The launch will take place at Gilmour’s own Bowen spaceport on the east coast of Australia. The Eris rocket has three stages and is designed to launch smallsats similar to Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket.
It is amazing this company hasn’t gone bankrupt waiting for this launch license. It applied in 2022, hoping to launch that year. Three years later it finally gets the okay. The amount of cash it had to burn unnecessarily in those years would generally destroy most startups.
Whether the red tape in Australia will clear up in the future is decidedly unknown, especially with the election victory this month of the leftist party.
Hat tip BtB’s stringer Jay.