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Australia’s first home made rocket confirms new blast off date

Australian company Gilmour Space Technologies says it’s planning to launch the rocket named ‘ERIS’ between Tuesday and Thursday next week, after running into some weather and tech-related hurdles at its last planned launch. 

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It’ll take off from its North Queensland launch pad at Bowen which is a small town in the Whitsundays.
 
Right now the biggest thing that could see things go astray is the wild wind that’s forecast for the east coast over the coming days.

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With a SpaceX rocket launch pushed back for similar reasons this week.

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