FEB & MAR 2020

Gilmour awarded $3.25M to work on composite components 

We were awarded a $3M Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P)  and a $0.25M Advanced Manufacturing Growth Center (AMGC) grant to work with partners in the manufacture of new composite rocket components. 

MAY 2020

Defence signs agreement with QLD rocket company

Gilmour Space is collaborating with Australia's Defence Science Technology group on some space tech development to do "More, Together".

JUL 2020

Gilmour achieves 110-second mission duty cycle test fire

110 seconds of stable, efficient combustion; one of the longest hybrid engine test fires by a commercial company.

SEP 2020

Gilmour signs Space Machines Company for first Eris rocket

Space Machines Company has contracted to launch a 35-kilogram (kg) spacecraft to orbit, the largest payload announced to date by an Australian space company.

OCT 2020

Gilmour Space and Griffith University aim high with new MOU

Griffith University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gold Coast company Gilmour Space Technologies that will see Low Earth Orbit (LEO) prototype satellites developed locally and deployed for launch in 2023. 

NOV 2020

Gilmour Space signs MoU with Northrop Grumman

Gilmour Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with global aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corporation to work on developing sovereign space capabilities in Australia.

DEC 2020

New Launch and Transportation Service with Momentus 

Momentus Inc., a commercial space company offering in-space infrastructure services, and Gilmour Space today announced a new agreement for launch and orbital transport services.

JAN & FEB 2021

New Year, New Record

Gilmour Space begins main engine tests ahead of its first commercial Eris rocket launch in 2022 ; sets new world record for single-port hybrid rocket engines.

MAR 2021

Gilmour Space to launch Fleet satellites in 2023

Two of Australia’s New Space pioneers — Gilmour Space and Fleet  — are joining forces to launch small satellites to orbit.

APR 2021

SpaceLink and Gilmour Space Execute MOU

New Space companies are working together to implement communications service for next generation small satellite platform

APR 2021

DEWC Systems, Gilmour Space collaborate to launch the next-gen MOESS system

Electronic Warfare company DEWC Systems and Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies have signed an MOU.

MAY 2021

QLD Govt gives go-ahead for a small rocket launch site at Abbot Point

Locals and tourists in the Whitsunday region could soon be watching rockets launching into space with the Queensland government today announcing its support for the local space launch industry.

JUN 2021

Gilmour Space rockets ahead with $61M Series C funding 

Largest private equity raise by a space company in Australia led by US-based Fine Structure Ventures, including Australian VCs Blackbird and Main Sequence, Queensland Investment Corporation, and superannuation funds HESTA, Hostplus and NGS Super. 

MAY 2021

Gilmour Space joins AROSE

The Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) consortium welcomed Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies as its latest member.

AUG 2021

First European partnership agreement

Australia’s Gilmour Space and Germany’s Exolaunch sign agreements for Small Satellite Launch and In-Space Transportation Services

NOV 2021

Eris is 'Australian Made & Owned'

It's official - an Australian Made rocket will be launching to orbit in 2022.

DEC 2021

Defence Science Technology Group testing with Gilmour Space

An advanced high-temperature material developed by Australian Defence scientists could be destined for space thanks to an ongoing partnership between Defence and Gilmour Space.

DEC 2021

Juru Traditional Owners support rocket launches from Bowen

The Juru Traditional Owners at Bowen have signed a Cultural Heritage Management Agreement with Gilmour Space, supporting a proposed launch site within the Queensland government-owned Abbot Point State Development Area.

JAN 2022

Gilmour Space fires up with Australia's largest rocket engine test

At just over 110 kilonewtons (or 25,000 pound-force) of thrust, the test generated enough force to lift four SUVs off the ground — a significant demonstration of space and launch capability by an Australian SME.

MAR 2022

MMIC win for Australian Space Manufacturing Network

The ASMN led by Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies has won a $52M grant to grow sovereign space manufacturing in Australia under the Federal Modern Manufacturing Initiative - Collaboration (MMIC) grant for Space.

MAY 2022

Gilmour wins contract to build and launch prototype Defence sat

Gilmour Space Technologies, has been selected to develop and launch a new sovereign surveillance satellite for the Department of Defence.

MAY 2022

Full duration test fire of new third stage Phoenix rocket engine

Gilmour Space has unveiled a new 3D printed liquid rocket engine that will power the third stage of its Eris rocket to orbit.

AUG 2022

CST signs with Gilmour Space for the launch of 50kg to LEO

Commercial Space Technologies Ltd (CST) has signed an agreement with Australian launch provider, Gilmour Space Technologies, to offer a launch capacity of up to 50 kilograms on their Eris Block 1 vehicle.

SEP 2022

Gilmour Space announces first 'Caravan' rideshare mission to LEO

Australia's first Caravan to space is expected to launch in late 2024, carrying multiple satellites and payloads into low earth orbits.

OCT 2022

Gilmour offers tech demo satellite mission from Australia in 2024

Gilmour Space is offering a new rideshare mission into Low Earth Orbit — this time, on one of its G-class satellite buses (or G-Sat) scheduled to be launched in late 2024.

NOV 2022

Sirius hybrid rocket engine qualified for first launch

Gilmour Space has conducted the final qualification test-fire of its Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country's first orbital launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket next year.