Feb 1, 2021
LANSING (AP) The former home of an Air Force base in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been picked for the location of a command and control center as part of an ambitious plan to make the state a major player in the aerospace economy.
The Detroit Free Press reports the Chippewa County International Airport, near Sault Ste. Marie, was selected by Michigan’s Launch Initiative program Thursday. It was home to the former Kincheloe Air Force Base until it closed in 1977.
It is a final selection of locations for core infrastructure. Earlier, an area near Marquette along Lake Superior was selected for vertical launches of satellites. Horizontal launches would be at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport.
Former Michigan Air Force base in U.P. selected as command center for aerospace economy plan
By Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. - The former home of an Air Force base in Michigan s Upper Peninsula has been picked for the location of a command and control center as part of an ambitious plan to make the state a major player in the aerospace economy.
The Detroit Free Press reports the Chippewa County International Airport, near Sault Ste. Marie, was selected by Michigan s Launch Initiative program Thursday. It was home to the former Kincheloe Air Force Base until it closed in 1977.
It is a final selection of locations for core infrastructure. Earlier, an area near Marquette along Lake Superior was selected for vertical launches of satellites. Horizontal launches would be at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport.
Former Michigan base picked for would-be space center
The Associated PressJanuary 31, 2021 GMT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) The former home of an Air Force base in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been picked for the location of a command and control center as part of an ambitious plan to make the state a major player in the aerospace economy.
The Detroit Free Press reports the Chippewa County International Airport, near Sault Ste. Marie, was selected by Michigan’s Launch Initiative program Thursday. It was home to the former Kincheloe Air Force Base until it closed in 1977.
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It is a final selection of locations for core infrastructure. Earlier, an area near Marquette along Lake Superior was selected for vertical launches of satellites. Horizontal launches would be at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport.