Future Australian Ballistic Missile? First Steps

Excellent Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter (APDR) has an interesting article, of Dec 1, 2020, 

at https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/australias-gilmour-signs-launch-pact-with-momentus/ :

“Australia’s Gilmour signs launch pact with Momentus”

“Momentus, a commercial space company offering in-space infrastructure services, and Gilmour Space Technologies, a hybrid rocket company based in Queensland, Australia, announced a new agreement for launch and orbital transport services.

...Gilmour Space is a venture-backed rocket company in Queensland, Australia that is developing new launch vehicles powered by lower-cost hybrid propulsion technologies. The Eris launch vehicle will debut its services in 2022 and offer lift-off capability to LEO in the 300kg class. A more capable variant, Eris Heavy, is intended to be commercially available in 2025 with a lift off capacity up to two tons. The Eris family of launch vehicles will launch from Australian and international launch sites, offering access to low inclination as well as Sun-synchronous orbits...”

[Pete Comment – a strong relationship with the Australian Government’s Centre for Defence Industry Capability (CDIC) is evident. See the Youtube here https://youtu.be/tk_C9kpjoa8 also below]

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