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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.

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[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 2 points 18 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.