World's First Operational “Spaceport” for Private Space Launches to be Announced by New Mexico’s Governor, Bill Richardson
Aerospace history in the making: On the steps of New Mexico's Capitol Building, Governor Bill Richardson will announce the inaugural space launch of the State’s new Southwest Regional Spaceport. The historic space launch will be conducted by UP Aerospace, Inc. (www.upaerospace.com).
Hartford, CT (PR Web) September 6, 2005 -- New Mexico's Governor, Bill
Richardson, will announce tomorrow in Santa Fe the inaugural launch in a series
of space launches to occur at the State's new Southwest Regional Spaceport.
On March 27, 2006, UP Aerospace, Inc. (www.upaerospace.com) --
heralding “Unlimited Possibilities” for business and education -- will launch
its SpaceLoft rocket on a sub-orbital flight from the New Mexico Spaceport. The
flight will carry seven experimental and commercial payloads for a variety of
scholastic and business entities. After traveling into space, the rocket and its
payloads will land in the downrange area of the Spaceport.
The inaugural
space launch will be announced tomorrow, the 7th, at 2:00 PM MT on the steps of
New Mexico's State Capitol Building in Santa Fe. The announcement will take
place in a combined press conference with Governor Richardson, New Mexico's
government leadership, and the principals of UP Aerospace.
“This is a
milestone event in the history of aerospace,” said Eric Knight, CEO of UP
Aerospace. “For the first time in all of space flight, a facility is now
available for regularly scheduled, private space launches. Thanks to the vision
of the State of New Mexico, as well as the aerospace capabilities provided by
our company, the 'final frontier' is now open to everyone.”
UP Aerospace
has the capability to launch up to 30 space launches per year from New Mexico's
Spaceport. The company believes that its unique SpaceLoft rocket provides the
world's lowest cost-per-pound of any space-transportation vehicle. Rocket
specifications and capabilities can be viewed at the company's Web site: www.upaerospace.com.
UP Aerospace concentrates it services on three markets: (1) Businesses
that require economical testing of space-flight hardware, (2) scientific
analysis of the earth and in-space phenomena, and (3) research conducted by the
educational sector.
According to Jerry Larson, President of UP
Aerospace, “New aerospace technologies can now be tested and evaluated quickly
at very low cost. And for scientists studying the earth and celestial phenomena,
we provide a remarkable in-space vantage point.”
Larson went on to say,
“Regarding education, space has been the environment of only a handful of
schools with significant financial resources. To level the playing field, we've
combined our SpaceLoft rocket with our company's S.T.A.R. (Space Technology
& Academic Research) initiative. The result: Colleges and universities with
even the smallest budgets can now conduct real science on a real space-flying
rocket. It's exciting to provide this capability to such a broad spectrum of
students.”
Through UP Aerospace's S.T.A.R. education initiative, the
company proudly supports the efforts of both NASA's Space Grant and NASA's
EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
programs.
UP Aerospace also works in collaboration with NALI (the Air
Force's National Aerospace Leadership Initiative) and CCAT (the Connecticut
Center for Advanced Technology) to inspire K-12 students in space science and
career opportunities.
For details on the New Mexico press conference,
please contact Katie Roberts, Public Information Officer, New Mexico Economic
Development Department, at (505) 476-3747. For further information on UP
Aerospace, Inc. and its low-cost space transportation services for business and
education, please call the company's headquarters at (860) 673-2502. Or visit www.upaerospace.com.
For more information, contact:
UP Aerospace, Inc.
(860)
673-2502
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