Gilmour Space Technologies: Commercial (Australia), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Gilmour Space Technologies

1Orbital launches

1All launches (incl. suborbital)

1Satellites in orbit

1Satellites built

1Rockets / spacecraft

Gilmour Space Technologies is a commercial company based in Australia, founded in 2013. Our records show 1 orbital launches, 1 satellites in orbit and 1 rockets or spacecraft.

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Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
Eris-1	Rocket	Active	2025	1 (1 failed)	305 kg

Activity

Orbital launches per year

1

20112015202020252026

Last 15 years. Peak: 1 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

ElaraSat

1

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
29 Jul 2025	Test	Eris Block 1	Bowen Orbital Spaceport, Queensland	Failure

In the news

Recent headlines

Transcelestial to provide satellite laser communication terminals to Gilmour Space SpaceNews · 2 Feb 2026
Major equity deal backs Gilmour Space expansion of sovereign launch capability SpaceDaily · 21 Jan 2026
Gilmour Space raises $146 million SpaceNews · 20 Jan 2026
Gilmour Space plans return to flight next year SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2025
Gilmour Space’s Eris rocket set for Australia’s first homegrown orbital launch NASASpaceflight · 14 May 2025

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.