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First Australian-Made Rocket Crashes Just 14 Seconds After Lift-Off | Vantage With Palki Sharma The first Australian-made rocket, Eris, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies in an attempt to reach orbit and carry small satellites from Australian soil, crashed just 14 seconds after lift-off on Wednesday, 30th July, 2025. Footage released by local media shows the rocket clearing the launch tower and briefly hovering before dropping out of sight. Plumes of smoke were later seen rising from the site. Also on Vantage Shots: -Pope Leo makes a surprise appearance at the Vatican youth festival -Hundreds join former Brazilian President Bolsonaro in motorcycle rally -On this day in 1930, Uruguay hosted and won the first-ever football World Cup. They defeated Argentina in the finals. The World Cup started as an invitational tournament with just 13 teams. Today, it is one of the biggest sporting events in the world. See More
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The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country's soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday. The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, was the first Australian-designed and manufactured orbital launch vehicle to lift off from the country and was designed to carry small satellites to orbit. It launched Wednesday morning local time in a test flight from a spaceport near the small town of Bowen in the north of Queensland state. 4 The Gilmour Space Technologies Eris rocket lifts off from its launch pad near Bowen, Australia on July 30, 2025. AP In videos published by Australian news outlets, the 75-foot rocket appeared to clear the launch tower and hovered in the air before falling out of sight. Plumes of smoke were seen rising above the site. No injuries were reported. The company hailed the launch as a success in a statement posted to Facebook. A spokesperson said all four hybrid-propelled engines ignited and the maiden flight included 23 seconds of engine burn time and 14 seconds of flight. Gilmour Space Technologies had planned previous launches of the rocket, in May and earlier this month, but called off those operations because of technical issues and bad weather. 4 The 75-foot rocket cleared the launch tower and hovered in the air before falling out of sight. AP CEO Adam Gilmour said in a statement he was pleased the rocket got off the launchpad. 'Of course I would have liked more flight time but happy with this,' he wrote on LinkedIn. Gilmour said in February that it was 'almost unheard of' for a private rocket company to successfully launch to orbit on its first attempt. The firm had earlier said it would consider the launch a success if the rocket left the ground. The launch site infrastructure 'remained intact,' the statement said. Mayor Ry Collins of the local Whitsunday Regional Council said the completed launch was a 'huge achievement' even though the vehicle didn't reach orbit. 4 CEO Adam Gilmour said in a statement he was pleased the rocket got off the launchpad. GILMOUR SPACE TECHNOLOGIES/AFP via Getty Images 4 The firm had earlier said it would consider the launch a success if the rocket left the ground. The launch site infrastructure 'remained intact,' the statement said. AP 'This is an important first step towards the giant leap of a future commercial space industry right here in our region,' he wrote on Facebook. Gilmour Space Technologies has private funders and was awarded a $3.2 million grant this month from the country's federal government for the development of the Eris rocket. It followed the firm's $34 million grant agreement with the government in 2023 to advance the development and commercialization of new space technologies in Australia. The country has been the site of hundreds of suborbital vehicle launches but there have only been two successful launches to orbit from Australia before, according to the aerospace news platform NASASpaceFlight. The maiden Eris test flight was the first orbital launch attempt from Australia in more than 50 years.
