By Brandon Champion,
Published in Michigan Live – 28 January, 2021
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI — The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association announced Thursday that Chippewa County will be home to its new command and control center.
It’s the third major announcement in the last 14 months from the organization, which oversees Michigan’s aerospace and defense manufacturing community within the global industry.
MAMA announced plans for a horizontal launch site at Oscoda-Wurthsmith Airport in February 2020 and a vertical launch site in Marquette in July 2020.
U.P. airport selected as command center for Michigan’s rocket launch sites
Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021
5,312sharesBy Brandon Champion | bchampio@mlive.com
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI — The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association announced Thursday that Chippewa County will be home to its new command and control center.
It’s the third major announcement in the last 14 months from the organization, which oversees Michigan’s aerospace and defense manufacturing community within the global industry.
MAMA announced plans for a horizontal launch site at Oscoda-Wurthsmith Airport in February 2020 and a vertical launch site in Marquette in July 2020.
Chippewa County Airport, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, was among four locations across the state considered for the command-and-control center along with KI Sawyer Airport in the U.P. and locations in Traverse City and Dowagiac.
Site selection – co-led by spaceport consultants BRPH and Kimley-Horn – was based on many factors, including community support, constructability, existing communication infrastructure and established workforce and aerospace industry.
This is the third and final site in the Michigan Launch Initiative, a public-private partnership organized by MAMA that is expected to bring an estimated 40,000 new jobs and aims to solidify the state’s place as a premier commercial aerospace destination.
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