Last Friday’s launch of the Maine-made Stardust 1.0 rocket was scrubbed due to heavy cloud cover in Limestone, Maine. bluShift Aerospace says it will attempt to launch its innovative bio-fueled rocket once weather conditions improve in The County.
Background story on launch in today’s Portland Press Herald and Times Record.
Jan. 15th, 2021 bluShift Aerospace Press Release:
Brunswick Landing aerospace company to launch first-ever bio-fueled commercial rocket
bluShift Aerospace Prepares to Launch Maine-made Prototype Rocket
Limestone, Maine (January 14, 2021) – After much anticipation, bluShift Aerospace, a Brunswick-based NewSpace startup, is preparing to launch a single-stage Stardust 1.0 prototype rocket on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 11 AM from the Loring Commerce Centre in Limestone, Maine. The long-awaited launch comes after bluShift conducted two static fire tests of its Modular Adaptable Rocket Engine for Vehicle Launch (MAREVL™) at its headquarters at Brunswick Landing on December 22, 2020 and January 5, 2021.
The low-altitude demo launch in Limestone is the culmination of six years of R&D, over two hundred engine tests, more than 50 suborbital and orbital stakeholder interviews, the successful realization of grants from NASA and the Maine Technology Institute (MTI), and the development of a novel modular hybrid rocket engine. The first flight mission will carry one academic and two commercial customer payloads.
bluShift flight plan graphic
