https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cz93xzv3njjo

The first orbital rocket made and designed in Australia crashed 14 seconds after lift-off during its first test launch.

Videos show the Eris rocket, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, lifting off the ground before losing momentum and crashing.

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
    212·
    13 days ago

    After this effort, the camera operator for the first shot in the video needs a new job. Perhaps something less complicated that doesn’t involve movement, like say filming a rock.

  • npdean@lemmy.todayEnglish
    13·
    12 days ago

    Congratulations nonetheless. Everyone fucks up the first time. They will get it the next time.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    12 days ago

    Wish it said the purpose of this test. I can find what payload it can carry and that it’s end goal is to carry payloads to suborbital space, but was the purpose here to just test if it could get off the ground? For it to go up and suddenly stop going up it has to lose power somewhere, unless the purpose of the test was actually to get off the ground and bring it back down where it was and it strayed off the pad. Which if that was the case, it’s a much harder task and I’d expect them to have a few tries

  • bean@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    12 days ago

    It looks like one of the rockets at the bottom, is unable to deploy a consistent thrust. It’s kinda sputtering.

    • mycelium underground@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      Yeah it no longer was producing enough chamber pressure to produce mach diamonds in the exhaust. It will be interesting to see if they release the root cause analysis.

      • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        Yep, loss of chamber pressure usually indicates either a propellant flow issue or a structural failure in the combustion chamber - you can literally see the moment the mach diamonds dissapear right before it loses thrust.