Overview

• The Eris rocket is a locally built, hybrid-powered, three-stage vehicle designed to be the first Australian rocket launched from Australian soil
• Gilmour Technologies fixed payload fairing and telemetry faults during recent full-vehicle tests that uncovered only minor issues
• Upper-level winds, which delayed the company’s recent SpaceX satellite launch by three days, now pose the primary hurdle for liftoff
• Last week’s 100 kg satellite mission on a SpaceX Falcon rocket marked Gilmour’s first orbital deployment and carried sensors to monitor Queensland’s algal blooms
• The Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland was certified in May by the Australian Space Agency as the country’s first licensed commercial orbital launch facility