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  1. Starfish sets sights on new target for satellite docking
    Eleven months after launch, Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is finally kicking its test mission into high gear, closing in for a rendezvous with a newly designated target.

    If all goes according to plan, Otter Pup 2 will dock with Australia-based Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat satellite so
    cosmiclog.com/2026/05/20/starf
    #GeekWire #GilmourSpace #Satellites #StarfishSpace

  2. Starfish sets sights on new target for satellite docking
    Eleven months after launch, Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is finally kicking its test mission into high gear, closing in for a rendezvous with a newly designated target.

    If all goes according to plan, Otter Pup 2 will dock with Australia-based Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat satellite so
    cosmiclog.com/2026/05/20/starf
    #GeekWire #GilmourSpace #Satellites #StarfishSpace

  3. Starfish sets sights on new target for satellite docking
    Eleven months after launch, Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is finally kicking its test mission into high gear, closing in for a rendezvous with a newly designated target.

    If all goes according to plan, Otter Pup 2 will dock with Australia-based Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat satellite so
    cosmiclog.com/2026/05/20/starf
    #GeekWire #GilmourSpace #Satellites #StarfishSpace

  4. Starfish sets sights on new target for satellite docking
    Eleven months after launch, Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is finally kicking its test mission into high gear, closing in for a rendezvous with a newly designated target.

    If all goes according to plan, Otter Pup 2 will dock with Australia-based Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat satellite so
    cosmiclog.com/2026/05/20/starf
    #GeekWire #GilmourSpace #Satellites #StarfishSpace

  5. Starfish sets sights on new target for satellite docking
    Eleven months after launch, Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is finally kicking its test mission into high gear, closing in for a rendezvous with a newly designated target.

    If all goes according to plan, Otter Pup 2 will dock with Australia-based Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat satellite so
    cosmiclog.com/2026/05/20/starf
    #GeekWire #GilmourSpace #Satellites #StarfishSpace

  6. Dusting the rocket garden in my third bedroom/home office/maker space I am reminded that the white one on the left there is yet to fly.

    I actually made this semi-scale flying model of the Gilmour Space Eris rocket way back in December 2022 but I killed the camera during assembly, then it took ages to source a replacement (they were discontinued), and by the time I got the replacement all momentum had been lost and I never got around to installing it and flying the rocket.

    I really should make time to actually launch it. I will, of course, regard any flight of at least 14 seconds duration a huge success.

    #Space #Spaceflight #3DPrinting #ModelRocket #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TinyEris

  7. Dusting the rocket garden in my third bedroom/home office/maker space I am reminded that the white one on the left there is yet to fly.

    I actually made this semi-scale flying model of the Gilmour Space Eris rocket way back in December 2022 but I killed the camera during assembly, then it took ages to source a replacement (they were discontinued), and by the time I got the replacement all momentum had been lost and I never got around to installing it and flying the rocket.

    I really should make time to actually launch it. I will, of course, regard any flight of at least 14 seconds duration a huge success.

    #Space #Spaceflight #3DPrinting #ModelRocket #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TinyEris

  8. Dusting the rocket garden in my third bedroom/home office/maker space I am reminded that the white one on the left there is yet to fly.

    I actually made this semi-scale flying model of the Gilmour Space Eris rocket way back in December 2022 but I killed the camera during assembly, then it took ages to source a replacement (they were discontinued), and by the time I got the replacement all momentum had been lost and I never got around to installing it and flying the rocket.

    I really should make time to actually launch it. I will, of course, regard any flight of at least 14 seconds duration a huge success.

    #Space #Spaceflight #3DPrinting #ModelRocket #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TinyEris

  9. Dusting the rocket garden in my third bedroom/home office/maker space I am reminded that the white one on the left there is yet to fly.

    I actually made this semi-scale flying model of the Gilmour Space Eris rocket way back in December 2022 but I killed the camera during assembly, then it took ages to source a replacement (they were discontinued), and by the time I got the replacement all momentum had been lost and I never got around to installing it and flying the rocket.

    I really should make time to actually launch it. I will, of course, regard any flight of at least 14 seconds duration a huge success.

    #Space #Spaceflight #3DPrinting #ModelRocket #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TinyEris

  10. Dusting the rocket garden in my third bedroom/home office/maker space I am reminded that the white one on the left there is yet to fly.

    I actually made this semi-scale flying model of the Gilmour Space Eris rocket way back in December 2022 but I killed the camera during assembly, then it took ages to source a replacement (they were discontinued), and by the time I got the replacement all momentum had been lost and I never got around to installing it and flying the rocket.

    I really should make time to actually launch it. I will, of course, regard any flight of at least 14 seconds duration a huge success.

    #Space #Spaceflight #3DPrinting #ModelRocket #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TinyEris

  11. Scott Manley's take on Eris TestFlight1: youtube.com/watch?v=98haEggTw4A

    He adds some interesting details about the design of the rocket, e.g. the use of fixed main engine nozzles with reaction control thrusters.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TestFlight1

  12. Scott Manley's take on Eris TestFlight1: youtube.com/watch?v=98haEggTw4A

    He adds some interesting details about the design of the rocket, e.g. the use of fixed main engine nozzles with reaction control thrusters.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TestFlight1

  13. Scott Manley's take on Eris TestFlight1: youtube.com/watch?v=98haEggTw4A

    He adds some interesting details about the design of the rocket, e.g. the use of fixed main engine nozzles with reaction control thrusters.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TestFlight1

  14. Scott Manley's take on Eris TestFlight1: youtube.com/watch?v=98haEggTw4A

    He adds some interesting details about the design of the rocket, e.g. the use of fixed main engine nozzles with reaction control thrusters.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TestFlight1

  15. Scott Manley's take on Eris TestFlight1: youtube.com/watch?v=98haEggTw4A

    He adds some interesting details about the design of the rocket, e.g. the use of fixed main engine nozzles with reaction control thrusters.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket #TestFlight1

  16. The first explosion-proof class rocket! Congratulations to our friends down under! (t c i) #GilmourSpace

  17. Avustralya yapımı ‘Eris’ roketi kalkıştan kısa süre sonra düştü: Avustralya'da ilk yerli yörünge roketi için test uçuşu yapıldı. Gilmour Space tarafından üretilen Eris adlı roket, Queensland eyaletindeki Whitsunday Bölgesi'nde bulunan Bowen Uzay Üssü'nden kalkışından kısa bir süre sonra düştü. Roket 14 saniye havada kalabildi. Söz konusu fırlatma Avustralya'da tasarlanan ve üretilen ilk yörünge… eshahaber.com.tr/haber/avustra EshaHaber.com.tr #ErisRoketi #Uzay #Avustralya #GilmourSpace #Fırlatma

  18. Avustralya yapımı ‘Eris’ roketi kalkıştan kısa süre sonra düştü: Avustralya'da ilk yerli yörünge roketi için test uçuşu yapıldı. Gilmour Space tarafından üretilen Eris adlı roket, Queensland eyaletindeki Whitsunday Bölgesi'nde bulunan Bowen Uzay Üssü'nden kalkışından kısa bir süre sonra düştü. Roket 14 saniye havada kalabildi. Söz konusu fırlatma Avustralya'da tasarlanan ve üretilen ilk yörünge… eshahaber.com.tr/haber/avustra EshaHaber.com.tr #ErisRoketi #Uzay #Avustralya #GilmourSpace #Fırlatma

  19. Avustralya yapımı ‘Eris’ roketi kalkıştan kısa süre sonra düştü: Avustralya'da ilk yerli yörünge roketi için test uçuşu yapıldı. Gilmour Space tarafından üretilen Eris adlı roket, Queensland eyaletindeki Whitsunday Bölgesi'nde bulunan Bowen Uzay Üssü'nden kalkışından kısa bir süre sonra düştü. Roket 14 saniye havada kalabildi. Söz konusu fırlatma Avustralya'da tasarlanan ve üretilen ilk yörünge… eshahaber.com.tr/haber/avustra EshaHaber.com.tr #ErisRoketi #Uzay #Avustralya #GilmourSpace #Fırlatma

  20. #GilmourSpace:
    "
    First Test Launch of Eris Rocket a Giant Leap for Australian Space Capability
    "
    "Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket — a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites globally."

    gspace.com/post/first-test-lau

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  21. #GilmourSpace:
    "
    First Test Launch of Eris Rocket a Giant Leap for Australian Space Capability
    "
    "Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket — a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites globally."

    gspace.com/post/first-test-lau

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  22. #GilmourSpace:
    "
    First Test Launch of Eris Rocket a Giant Leap for Australian Space Capability
    "
    "Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket — a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites globally."

    gspace.com/post/first-test-lau

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  23. #GilmourSpace:
    "
    First Test Launch of Eris Rocket a Giant Leap for Australian Space Capability
    "
    "Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket — a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites globally."

    gspace.com/post/first-test-lau

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  24. #GilmourSpace:
    "
    First Test Launch of Eris Rocket a Giant Leap for Australian Space Capability
    "
    "Gilmour Space Technologies has completed the maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket — a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites globally."

    gspace.com/post/first-test-lau

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  25. #AustralianSpaceAgency:
    "
    First launch attempt of Aussie made rocket
    "
    "In a milestone for the nation’s space industry, Gilmour Space Technologies has attempted the first launch of an Australian made rocket into orbit from Australian soil."

    space.gov.au/news-and-media/fi

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #GilmourSpace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  26. #AustralianSpaceAgency:
    "
    First launch attempt of Aussie made rocket
    "
    "In a milestone for the nation’s space industry, Gilmour Space Technologies has attempted the first launch of an Australian made rocket into orbit from Australian soil."

    space.gov.au/news-and-media/fi

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #GilmourSpace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  27. #AustralianSpaceAgency:
    "
    First launch attempt of Aussie made rocket
    "
    "In a milestone for the nation’s space industry, Gilmour Space Technologies has attempted the first launch of an Australian made rocket into orbit from Australian soil."

    space.gov.au/news-and-media/fi

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #GilmourSpace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  28. #AustralianSpaceAgency:
    "
    First launch attempt of Aussie made rocket
    "
    "In a milestone for the nation’s space industry, Gilmour Space Technologies has attempted the first launch of an Australian made rocket into orbit from Australian soil."

    space.gov.au/news-and-media/fi

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #GilmourSpace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  29. #AustralianSpaceAgency:
    "
    First launch attempt of Aussie made rocket
    "
    "In a milestone for the nation’s space industry, Gilmour Space Technologies has attempted the first launch of an Australian made rocket into orbit from Australian soil."

    space.gov.au/news-and-media/fi

    30.7.2025

    #AbbotPoint #Australia #Australien #Eris #GilmourSpace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight

  30. Gilmour Space have now released some video of Eris TestFlight1 to the media and it's getting posted in various places, e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=5rtKV9t_Cqs

    The video shows the flight from two different cameras. In the second clip you can clearly see that there is a failure of one of the four first stage engines almost immediately after lift off, leaving the rocket with a thrust to weight ratio very close to one. Eris ends up basically hovering near the launch pad, but then a second engine fails and it drops to the ground.

    The guidance system did a good job keeping the rocket upright during all this.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErirRocket #TestFlight1

  31. Gilmour Space have now released some video of Eris TestFlight1 to the media and it's getting posted in various places, e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=5rtKV9t_Cqs

    The video shows the flight from two different cameras. In the second clip you can clearly see that there is a failure of one of the four first stage engines almost immediately after lift off, leaving the rocket with a thrust to weight ratio very close to one. Eris ends up basically hovering near the launch pad, but then a second engine fails and it drops to the ground.

    The guidance system did a good job keeping the rocket upright during all this.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErirRocket #TestFlight1

  32. Gilmour Space have now released some video of Eris TestFlight1 to the media and it's getting posted in various places, e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=5rtKV9t_Cqs

    The video shows the flight from two different cameras. In the second clip you can clearly see that there is a failure of one of the four first stage engines almost immediately after lift off, leaving the rocket with a thrust to weight ratio very close to one. Eris ends up basically hovering near the launch pad, but then a second engine fails and it drops to the ground.

    The guidance system did a good job keeping the rocket upright during all this.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErirRocket #TestFlight1

  33. Gilmour Space have now released some video of Eris TestFlight1 to the media and it's getting posted in various places, e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=5rtKV9t_Cqs

    The video shows the flight from two different cameras. In the second clip you can clearly see that there is a failure of one of the four first stage engines almost immediately after lift off, leaving the rocket with a thrust to weight ratio very close to one. Eris ends up basically hovering near the launch pad, but then a second engine fails and it drops to the ground.

    The guidance system did a good job keeping the rocket upright during all this.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErirRocket #TestFlight1

  34. Gilmour Space have now released some video of Eris TestFlight1 to the media and it's getting posted in various places, e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=5rtKV9t_Cqs

    The video shows the flight from two different cameras. In the second clip you can clearly see that there is a failure of one of the four first stage engines almost immediately after lift off, leaving the rocket with a thrust to weight ratio very close to one. Eris ends up basically hovering near the launch pad, but then a second engine fails and it drops to the ground.

    The guidance system did a good job keeping the rocket upright during all this.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErirRocket #TestFlight1

  35. Gilmour Space have posted a couple of good photos of the brief flight of Eris TestFlight 1 on their Facebook page, along with a very positive take on events.

    In the second photo, a closeup of the flamey end of the rocket very soon after liftoff, it looks like the hybrid rocket motor furthest from the camera was already failing.

    Something else I noticed in the livestream video, when the rocket crashed it did not result in a powerful explosion and huge fireball. Instead there were clouds of white vapour, followed later by darker smoke from a smallish fire. This is because the first two stages of the Eris rocket use hybrid rocket motors, which because of the combination of solid fuel and liquid oxidiser don't explode in the way a liquid fuelled rocket would. The white clouds would have been the oxidiser (hydrogen peroxide?) escaping, and the subsequent fire would have been the result of the liquid fuelled 3rd stage breaking up, plus the solid fuel from the 1st and 2nd stage burning slowly in the open air.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket

  36. Gilmour Space have posted a couple of good photos of the brief flight of Eris TestFlight 1 on their Facebook page, along with a very positive take on events.

    In the second photo, a closeup of the flamey end of the rocket very soon after liftoff, it looks like the hybrid rocket motor furthest from the camera was already failing.

    Something else I noticed in the livestream video, when the rocket crashed it did not result in a powerful explosion and huge fireball. Instead there were clouds of white vapour, followed later by darker smoke from a smallish fire. This is because the first two stages of the Eris rocket use hybrid rocket motors, which because of the combination of solid fuel and liquid oxidiser don't explode in the way a liquid fuelled rocket would. The white clouds would have been the oxidiser (hydrogen peroxide?) escaping, and the subsequent fire would have been the result of the liquid fuelled 3rd stage breaking up, plus the solid fuel from the 1st and 2nd stage burning slowly in the open air.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket

  37. Gilmour Space have posted a couple of good photos of the brief flight of Eris TestFlight 1 on their Facebook page, along with a very positive take on events.

    In the second photo, a closeup of the flamey end of the rocket very soon after liftoff, it looks like the hybrid rocket motor furthest from the camera was already failing.

    Something else I noticed in the livestream video, when the rocket crashed it did not result in a powerful explosion and huge fireball. Instead there were clouds of white vapour, followed later by darker smoke from a smallish fire. This is because the first two stages of the Eris rocket use hybrid rocket motors, which because of the combination of solid fuel and liquid oxidiser don't explode in the way a liquid fuelled rocket would. The white clouds would have been the oxidiser (hydrogen peroxide?) escaping, and the subsequent fire would have been the result of the liquid fuelled 3rd stage breaking up, plus the solid fuel from the 1st and 2nd stage burning slowly in the open air.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket

  38. Gilmour Space have posted a couple of good photos of the brief flight of Eris TestFlight 1 on their Facebook page, along with a very positive take on events.

    In the second photo, a closeup of the flamey end of the rocket very soon after liftoff, it looks like the hybrid rocket motor furthest from the camera was already failing.

    Something else I noticed in the livestream video, when the rocket crashed it did not result in a powerful explosion and huge fireball. Instead there were clouds of white vapour, followed later by darker smoke from a smallish fire. This is because the first two stages of the Eris rocket use hybrid rocket motors, which because of the combination of solid fuel and liquid oxidiser don't explode in the way a liquid fuelled rocket would. The white clouds would have been the oxidiser (hydrogen peroxide?) escaping, and the subsequent fire would have been the result of the liquid fuelled 3rd stage breaking up, plus the solid fuel from the 1st and 2nd stage burning slowly in the open air.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket

  39. Gilmour Space have posted a couple of good photos of the brief flight of Eris TestFlight 1 on their Facebook page, along with a very positive take on events.

    In the second photo, a closeup of the flamey end of the rocket very soon after liftoff, it looks like the hybrid rocket motor furthest from the camera was already failing.

    Something else I noticed in the livestream video, when the rocket crashed it did not result in a powerful explosion and huge fireball. Instead there were clouds of white vapour, followed later by darker smoke from a smallish fire. This is because the first two stages of the Eris rocket use hybrid rocket motors, which because of the combination of solid fuel and liquid oxidiser don't explode in the way a liquid fuelled rocket would. The white clouds would have been the oxidiser (hydrogen peroxide?) escaping, and the subsequent fire would have been the result of the liquid fuelled 3rd stage breaking up, plus the solid fuel from the 1st and 2nd stage burning slowly in the open air.

    #Space #Spaceflight #GilmourSpace #ErisRocket