Tag: Adam Gilmour

Warning space treaty cedes Australian sovereignty

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s space treaty with the United States will prevent the federal government from using revenue collected from US launches to fund the development of local rocket technology, leading to...

Countdown: Gilmour vehicle integration is complete

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The past two weeks have been massive in Gilmour Space Technologies’ build-up to the maiden flight of its Eris orbital vehicle, with the three-stage rocket now fully-integrated and ready...

Gilmour Space secures extra $55m ahead of first launch

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Queensland-based rocket maker Gilmour Space Technologies has raised an additional $55 million in capital to support ongoing development work as its first launch draws closer. Gilmour plans to use...

Countdown: Gilmour Space gears up for maiden launch

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Activity at the Bowen Orbital Spaceport has ramped up in the new year, with final construction and assembly of launch site infrastructure underway ahead of the maiden launch of...

Space launch treaty is an economic ‘nothingburger’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The space collaboration treaty between the US and Australia last week might encourage more foreign launches from Australian soil, but it does not enable technology transfer and as a...

Ed Husic is ‘at war’ with the space industry

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s local space sector is furious at the Albanese government for cancelling another space program, laying the blame squarely on Industry minister Ed Husic for axing a billion-dollar satellite...

A $56.5m federal grant lands for a rocket to take off

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The stars are beginning to align for the maiden flight of the first Australian-designed orbital vehicle, which is being built on the Gold Coast in Queensland by local upstart...

Defence, space and the drive toward national self-reliance

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Debates about the notional definition of sovereign capability has entered mainstream policy debates over the past two years. The impact that Covid and the economic crisis that it wrought...