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Snow swirled and a biting wind sent temperatures plummeting to several degrees below zero as the Stardust 1.0 made its debut at a former military base in Maine.
Strapped to a trailer and pulled by a pick-up truck along a runway once used by B-52 bombers in the Cold War, it wasn t the most glamorous entrance for a rocket about to make history.
And it very nearly didn t as the subzero conditions played havoc with the electronics and clouds moved in.
But after several delays and as the Sunday afternoon light waned, Stardust finally lifted off, becoming the first commercial launch of a rocket powered by bio-derived fuel.
Brunswick aerospace company to launch its first rocket
bluShift, located at the former Navy base, plans to launch its first rocket fueled by a first-of-its-kind biofuel in Limestone Friday.
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BRUNSWICK After more than five years of planning and development, Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace plans to launch its first rocket powered by a new biofuel Friday morning in Limestone.
The launch is scheduled for 8 a.m., pending results from testing bluShift conducted Thursday. The launch will be streamed live.
bluShift CEO Sascha Deri said the company chose to do the launch at Loring Commerce Centre where there wouldn’t be a risk to people or property if something went wrong.