Maine Space News

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Liftoff for Maine Space Corporation
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in DevelopmentThe first meeting of the Maine Space Corporation was mainly dedicated to introductions, approval of by-laws, and election of officers.
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Maine Space Corporation Getting Down to Business
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in DevelopmentThe new corporation’s board will meet June 27 in Brunswick.
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Don’t Panic: Conference Deadline Extended
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in DevelopmentApply to present at the inaugural Maine Space Conference by May 12.
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Engaging Maine in the New Space Economy
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in DevelopmentThe Maine Space Complex is the topic of a 1-hour talk at the Maine Science Festival in Bangor on March 25.
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ECOSTRESS Satellite Feeding Forest Study with UMaine Partner
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in ResearchUMaine’s forest and fire ecologist Andrew Barton is on a team of scientists awarded a NASA grant to use space-based and other data to study water supply in ponderosa pine forests.
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Traveling Companions
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in SpacecraftThese eight CubeSats are spacebound with MESAT1 on Firefly’s launch for ELaNa mission 43.
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AMSAT News Service Cites MaineSat.org
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in MaineSat OpsThe MaineSat synopsis of MESAT1 formed the bulk of the lead story in today’s issue of the AMSAT News Service (ANS-303), a free, weekly service of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS is distributed to a worldwide community of amateur satellite enthusiasts.
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Tastes Like Rocket Fuel?
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in BusinessbluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri took a bite from a chunk of the company’s solid rocket fuel on camera for CNN. We’ve got the link.
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MESAT1 in Line for Next Firefly Alpha Launch
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in BusinessFirefly Aerospace today announced “100% mission success” for its second launch of the Alpha rocket, planned launch vehicle for MESAT1. Maine’s first CubeSat is manifested for Alpha’s third launch, NASA’s ELaNa mission 43. No launch window has been announced, but a Firefly executive earlier this year suggested launch #3 would be 8 weeks after launch…
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EPSCoR Research Funding Window Closed
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in ResearchLetters of intent for the NASA EPSCoR research funding opportunity were due to the Maine Space Grant Consortium yesterday, one month in advance of the NASA deadline.