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Associated Press News on MSN · 3d

First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight in a failed attempt to reach orbit

The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country's soil has crashed after 14 seconds of flight.

Space.com on MSN · 4d

Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris, fails on historic debut launch (video)

Today's launch was the first orbital attempt of any kind from Australian soil in more than 50 years. The most recent such flight came in October of 1971, when a British Black Arrow rocket successfully lofted the United Kingdom's Prospero satellite from the Woomera Rocket Range in South Australia.

Ars Technica · 3d

Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff

The last attempt to launch a satellite from Australian soil was in 1971, when the British Black Arrow rocket lifted off from a military range in South Australia and placed a UK-built satellite into orbit. Gilmour is leading the charge to bring orbital launches back to Australia, this time with a domestic rocket.

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Australian-made rocket crashes with Vegemite payload

An Australian orbital rocket carrying a jar of Vegemite in its nose cone crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday.

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1st made-in-Australia orbital rocket crashes after 14 seconds flight time: ‘Team safe, data in hand, ready for TestFlight 2’

Gilmour Space Technologies had earlier said it would consider the launch a success if the rocket left the ground.

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