The first missiles in Australia broke out 14 seconds to reach orbit

the first Australian -made A missile to try to reach orbit from the soil of the country, which was destroyed 14 seconds of the trip on Wednesday.

The missile, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, was the first tropical launch vehicle designed from an Australian designer and manufactured from the country and was designed to transport small satellites to orbit.

On Wednesday morning, local time was launched on a test flight from a spacecraft near the small town of Bowen in the north of Queensland.

In the Australian news videos, the 75 -foot missile seemed to wipe the launch tower and hover in the air before it fell out of sight. Smoke columns were seen rising above the site.

No injuries were reported.

The company praised the launch as a success in a statement posted on Facebook.

A spokesman for the four engines that were disturbed by all mixed engines, and the journey before marriage included 23 seconds from the time of the engine burning and 14 seconds of the trip.

Gilmour Space Technologies planned for the previous missile launch in May and earlier this month, but it canceled these operations due to technical problems and bad weather conditions.

CEO Adam Gilmour said in a statement that he was happy that the missile was out of the launch platform.

“Of course I wanted more trip time but I am happy with this,” he wrote on LinkedIn. Gilmour said in February that he “almost no one has heard of it” of a private missile company that would successfully launch to orbit in its first attempt.

The company had said earlier that it would look at success if the missile left the ground. The statement said that the infrastructure of the launch site “remained intact.”

Mayor Ray Collins of the local regional council at Whitsunday said the complete launch was a “great achievement” although the car did not reach the orbit.

“This is an important first step towards the giant jump for the future commercial space industry here in our region,” wrote on Facebook.

Gilmour Space Technologies has private sector funded and received a $ 3.2 million grant this month from the country’s federal government to develop the ERIS missile.

This was followed by a $ 34 million grant agreement with the government in 2023 to enhance the development and marketing of new space technologies in Australia.

The country was a site for hundreds of tropical vehicle launch operations, but there were only two successful launchs of the orbit from Australia before, according to Aerospace Nasaspaceflight.

The Eris Mayden test trip was the first tropical attempt from Australia in more than 50 years.