Virginia-based MaxIQ has made their first payment to bluShift Aerospace for suborbital launch services aboard their first full-scale commercial rocket

BRUNSWICK, Maine (bluShift Aerospace PR) – On Earth Day 2022 bluShift Aerospace, a Maine-based New Space startup, announced receipt of the first tranche towards its ongoing launch contract with Virginia-based Space STEM educator and space launch broker MaxIQ Space. The receipt constitutes the first tranche of payment for suborbital launch services aboard bluShift’s first full-scale commercial flight, Starless Rogue Beta.

AUGUSTA, Maine (Mattie Daughtry PR) — On Monday, Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a bill from Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick. LD 1923, “An Act To Establish the Maine Space Corporation,” will help Maine’s emerging aerospace industry, create high-paying jobs and grow the state’s economy.

bluShift Aerospace successfully launched its Stardust 1.0 (Stardust Generation One) sounding rocket on a low-altitude demonstration flight on Sunday from the Loring Commerce Centre in Limestone, Maine.