{"id":36329,"date":"2018-11-25T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/25\/launches-among-the-lobsters-group-eyes-maine-for-blast-off\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:29:57","slug":"launches-among-the-lobsters-group-eyes-maine-for-blast-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/11\/25\/launches-among-the-lobsters-group-eyes-maine-for-blast-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Launches among the lobsters: Group eyes Maine for blast off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUNSWICK, Maine \u2014 A group of science and space enthusiasts wants Maine to become America\u2019s leader in sending tiny satellites into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tentative plan is to use a pair of former air bases as the project\u2019s home. The former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loringremembers.com\/history-of-loring-afb\" target=\"_blank\">Loring Air Force Base<\/a> in far northern Maine would serve as the launch site, while the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bracpmo.navy.mil\/brac_bases\/northeast\/nas_brunswick.html\" target=\"_blank\">Naval Air Station Brunswick<\/a> would house mission control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Maine1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Maine1.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Maine1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Maine1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Naval Air Station Brunswick in 2005, a base now closed in Brunswick, Maine. A group of science and space enthusiasts in 2018 want the state to become America&#8217;s leader in sending tiny satellites into space. The tentative plan is to use former air bases as the project&#8217;s home. The former Loring Air Force Base in far northern Maine would serve as the launch site, while the Brunswick base would house mission control. (Naval Air Station Brunswick via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It might sound like a moonshot, but project director and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msgc.org\/\" target=_blank>Maine Space Grant<\/a> executive director Terry Shehata has some powerful allies interested in getting the plan into orbit. Maine Technology Institute has awarded $50,000 for a feasibility study of the project, while Maine Space Grant Consortium has committed more than $88,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shehata says the project backers will likely know by next fall if the project is possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Loring Air Force Base in far northern Maine would serve as the launch site, while the former Naval Air Station Brunswick would act as mission 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