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Rocket test success leaves Queensland scrambling to join space race next year
Friday January 22, 2021
After a fiery test of its rocket engine proved successful this week, Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies said it was confident it would launch a locally built rocket into space by next year.
The launch of rocket at Woomera in South Australia, the country’s other rocket test facility.(Supplied: Australian Department Of Defence)
The main engine generated nine tonnes of force and passed efficiency, thrust, and performance targets. “You could load about four SUVs onto a platform with one of these engines underneath it and it would hover,” chief executive…
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