{"city":"Gold Coast","name":"Gilmour Space","slug":"gilmour-space","facts":[{"date":"2026-08-01","type":"deployment","value":"Transcelestial optical downlink integrated; scaling to 100 optical terminals monthly","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-05-12","type":"customer","value":"Satellite developers signed up for Transcelestial optical communications terminals","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-03-01","type":"product_launch","value":"Second Eris attempt targeted at Bowen Orbital Spaceport using an upgraded vehicle","source":"Messier / Space.com"},{"date":"2025-07-01","type":"setback","value":"Eris Test Flight 1 failed seconds after liftoff; Australia’s first sovereign orbital attempt","source":"Space.com"},{"date":"2025-02-23","type":"product_launch","value":"Launch window for Eris’s maiden orbital flight beginning no earlier than March 15, 2025","source":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2024-11-20","type":"partnership","value":"Selected ElaraSat satellite bus for LatConnect60’s SWIRSAT emissions-monitoring mission","source":"Gilmour Space"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"Queensland","aliases":[],"country":"Australia","domains":[{"why":"Gilmour Space develops the Eris orbital launch vehicle and operates a licensed spaceport in Bowen, Queensland, offering small-satellite launch services.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":56,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":6,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":6,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-06-22","header":"Gilmour Space operates Australia’s first licensed orbital launch site.","outlet":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2026-06-22","header":"Gilmour Space appointed former NASA Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy to its Board of Directors.","outlet":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2026-06-18","header":"Gilmour Space added ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications","outlet":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2026-05-20","header":"Gilmour Space is expanding its Australian launch and satellite operations.","outlet":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2026-05-20","header":"Gilmour Space was selected by Starfish Space as the docking partner for the Otter Pup 2 mission.","outlet":"Gilmour Space"},{"date":"2026-04-24","header":"Gilmour Space identified oxidiser pump subsystem failures in the Eris TestFlight1 launch anomaly.","outlet":"Gilmour Space"}],"website":"gspace.com","category":"Space · Launch","categories":[{"name":"Small launch","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Launch"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:17:49.578217+00:00","facts_total":9,"positioning":"Gilmour Space is Australia sovereign-launch champion: it built the Eris hybrid-propulsion orbital rocket and its own licensed spaceport at Bowen, Queensland, and flew Australia first home-built orbital launch attempt in July 2025 — the vehicle failed seconds after liftoff, and a second attempt with an upgraded vehicle is targeted for 2026. It is vertically ambitious (also developing satellite platforms) and is the only credible path to sovereign Australian orbital access, which gives it national-strategic value beyond its commercial traction. The company has publicly committed to continuing through failure.","sub_category":"Small launch","signals_total":15,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gilmour-space","title":"Gilmour Space · space, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Gilmour Space develops the Eris orbital launch vehicle and operates a licensed spaceport in Bowen, Queensland, offering small-satellite launch services. Space watchlist (score 56) 15 signals and 9 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}