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.

  • bean@lemmy.world
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    11 hours 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.world
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      5 hours 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.