Australia’s first domestically built orbital rocket has crashed just 30 seconds after launching from Bowen in north Queensland, but Gilmour Space still called the attempt a success. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.
00:06Australia's first domestically built orbital rocket has crashed just 30 seconds after launching from Bowen in North Queensland.
00:15The Eris-1 rocket, developed by Gold Coast company Gilmore Space Technologies, managed to lift off the pad in its maiden launch attempt before plummeting back to Earth in a dramatic failure.
00:25It's hovering, it's hovering. It's gone. It's gone. Oh, no. It didn't go. There wasn't sufficient thrust to actually keep it up. It slid straight off the pad.
00:41Despite the fiery end, co-founder Adam Gilmore said the company was still happy with the result, calling lift off itself a win after multiple weather and technical delays.
00:52Unfortunately, it went sideways.
00:55I believe that's the end of the Eris rocket.
01:00The historic launch marked the first of its kind from Aussie soil in over 50 years.
01:05Gilmore Space, backed by federal funding, hopes to eventually send satellites into orbit and help grow Australia's emerging space industry.
01:13What to do better next time. Oh, there was a boom. That's the rocket exploding.
