Watch: Australia’s first attempt to launch home -made rocket goes into smoke; Comes down after 14 seconds of the lift-off
Australia’s first attempt to launch a home-made rocket in class ended in failure on Wednesday.The 23-meter Eris vehicle crashed after just 14 seconds of the take-off. The rocket briefly rose, some emphasis, then crashed down a few seconds.The test was done by flight Gilmer space technologyThe unsuccessful mission occurred from a spaceport near Bowen, Northern Queensland. Although the rocket cleaned the launch tower, it struggled in mid-hwa before disappearing from seeing it. Shortly thereafter a plum of smoke was seen over the site.Despite unsuccessful attempts to reach the classroom, the company described the launch as a milestone. Gilmar Space spokesperson said in a statement on Facebook, “All four hybrid-propelized engines were ignited and the first flight included 23-second engine burn time and 14-second flight.”
The company’s CEO says ‘happy’ with the result
Gilmer Space is a company that designs and manufactures rockets in Australia. It used Eris to take small satellites into class. The launch first removed an Australian-design and built orbital rocket from within the country.CEO Adam Gilmar was optimistic. “Of course I must have liked more flight time, but is happy,” he wrote on LinkedIn. In the previous statement made in February, Gilmar said it was “almost unheard” for a private company to succeed in its first orbital launch attempt.The firm had earlier said that the test would be considered successful if the rocket bus exits the ground. According to the company, the launch site infrastructure retained.Whitsunday Regional Council’s Mayor Ry Collins also praised the launch, calling it a “huge achievement”, even though the rocket failed to reach the classroom. He said, “This is an important first step towards the vast leap of the future commercial space industry in our region,” he said in a Facebook post.Gilmer Space Technologies have been supported by private investors and recently awarded 5 million Australian dollars grant by the federal government for supporting the development of Aris rockets. It follows the grant of $ 52 million safe in 2023 to promote the country’s space technology efforts.Australia has seen hundreds of sub -organizational launch, but the first two successful orbital launchs have taken place before their soil. Aris’s first flight was the first orbital attempt over more than 50 years.There was no injury from the incident.
