Maine’s first small satellite headed into orbit to collect student science data

1 July 2024

Barring weather or technical hiccups, Maine’s first research satellite will be launched into space aboard a private rocket just after midnight Tuesday to collect climate data for Maine students studying urban heat islands, phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms. MESAT-1 is one of eight nano-satellites hitching a space-bound ride aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket, which is […]

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