Gilmour Space Technologies is an Australian aerospace company and launch provider developing hybrid-propellant rocket engines and the Eris launch vehicle for the small satellite market. Founded in 2012, Gilmour Space aims to provide low-cost access to space from its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland. They also intend to offer a ride-sharing service and a modular G-Sat small satellite bus/platform. Gilmour Space's key partners and customers include commercial and defense entities seeking launches to low Earth orbit (LEO).
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When QIC first invested, Gilmour’s team had produced a 10-centimetre-diameter hybrid rocket engine.
Gilmour Space Technologies plans to begin commercial launches from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in 2025.
Gilmour Space Technologies raised 55 million Australian dollars ($36,000,000) in a Series D funding round announced 2024-02-19.
Gilmour Space Technologies raised about $46,000,000 in a Series C funding round in 2021.
The Series D funding supports Gilmour Space Technologies’ campaign to manufacture, test, and begin launching rockets and satellites from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland.
Gilmour Space Technologies hosted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at its factory to formally unveil and launch the Eris rocket.
The completed final qualification test of the Sirius engine qualifies Gilmour Space’s engines for the company’s first orbital test launch planned for next year.
Gilmour Space plans to use five Sirius engines to power the first and second stages of the Eris rocket to orbit in the first half of 2023.
Gilmour Space Technologies is developing, manufacturing, and launching the Australian-made Eris rocket and G-Sat satellite platforms to provide affordable space access to global customers.
Optimus-1 was originally scheduled to launch in 2022 on a small launch vehicle being developed by Gilmour Space.
Gilmour Space Technologies is offering a rideshare mission into low Earth orbit on a G-class satellite bus (G-Sat) scheduled to launch in late 2024.
Gilmour Space Technologies announced its first 'Caravan' dedicated rideshare mission on an Eris rocket that will launch from Australia in late 2024.
The G-Sat is a modular 100 kg satellite bus being developed by Gilmour Space Technologies in collaboration with Griffith University.
Gilmour Space Technologies is a venture-capital-backed company developing Australian rockets to deliver a variety of spacecraft into low Earth orbit.
Gilmour Space Technologies is developing, manufacturing, and launching Australian-made rockets and satellites to provide affordable access to space for global customers.
Caravan-1 will fly on Gilmour Space’s upgraded Eris Block 2 launch vehicle.
Gilmour Space Technologies will launch a dedicated rideshare mission called Caravan-1 into low Earth orbit in late 2024.
Gilmour Space Technologies is developing the Eris rocket, which is targeted to launch early next year as Australia’s first orbital rocket and the first orbital launch attempt from a commercial Australian launch site.
Gilmour Space Technologies is Australia’s major launch services company developing orbital-class launch vehicles and satellite platforms.
Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space Technologies to support space launches from Australia using Inmarsat’s InRange system.