Up, up, and away 🚀 This morning at 7:00 a.m. local time, UP AEROSPACE INC conducted its 23rd suborbital rocket launch from Spaceport America ✨ Today's flight carried payloads from Los Alamos National Laboratory enabled the federally-funded R&D site to conduct space-related tests. Additional payload collaborators included NASA Ames Research Center and Redwire Space.
Spaceport America
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Spaceport America, New Mexico 13,226 followers
Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world.
About us
Spaceport America (https://www.spaceportamerica.com) is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket friendly environment of 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace, low population density, a 12,000-foot by 200-foot runway, vertical launch complexes, and about 340 days of sunshine and low humidity. Some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry are tenants at Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic, HAPSMobile/ AeroVironment, UP Aerospace, and SpinLaunch. Other customers include Boeing, EXOS Aerospace and C6 Launch Systems.
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http://www.spaceportamerica.com
External link for Spaceport America
- Industry
- Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Spaceport America, New Mexico
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2006
- Specialties
- Commercial space, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ground Satellite Station Development, Horizontal space launch, Vertical space launch, Space launch testing, Reusable rocket testing, Low-cost access to space, Commercial space tourism, suborbital, Hypersonic, Microgravity, Space Manufacturing, and Space Tourism
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Spaceport America Boulevard
Spaceport America, New Mexico 87654-3210, US
Employees at Spaceport America
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Welcome to New Mexico, Castelion 🚀 The state is proud to welcome you and Project Ranger to Sandoval County ✨ The New Mexico Economic Development Department, Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance, City of Rio Rancho, Sandoval County Government, New Mexico State Land Office, and ourselves are excited to see the positive outcomes from this partnership 🤝
Today we announced the site selection of Project Ranger, a 1,000-acre hypersonic manufacturing campus in Sandoval County, New Mexico. Project Ranger will create 300 high-quality jobs and deepen a partnership with a state whose people and institutions have long advanced America's aerospace and national security missions. Castelion is rebuilding America's capacity to manufacture long-range strike weapons at speed and scale, strengthening our nation's ability to deter conflict. We are proud to join this community and help build the next phase of the nation's conventional deterrent. "Castelion Announces Project Ranger" https://lnkd.in/dFk5GmH4
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This Thursday (Nov. 20, 2025) at 10:00 a.m. MT, we're hosting The Aerospace States Association New Mexico Chapter meeting for the month of November 🚀 This virtual meeting brings together aerospace and space professionals from around The Land of Enchantment, and this month's guest presenter is W. Travis Whitworth, Vice President of Intelligence Center, Strider Technologies ✨ To learn more about ASA and to attend, reach out to our team member Cilicia A. ✨ ASA brings together aviation and aerospace interests across New Mexico to educate state legislators on issues specific to their state and provide networking opportunities to grow jobs and expand economic development 🚀
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Led by Mark Wagner, Ph.D. and Kirby Runyon, the latest ARES Learning cohort made their way to Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic earlier this month 🚀 A group of 18 educators and space enthusiasts from around the nation - including SpaceX's Inspiration4 astronaut Chris Sembroski - visited the site to learn about the spaceport and its tenants ✨
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Our region is the place for space 🚀 Members of the Texas Space Coalition visited our site following the Space Tech El Paso (STEP) 2025 conference where our executive director Scott McLaughlin served as a moderator on a panel concerning the space industry ✨ We're committed to foraging bonds throughout our region to further our growing ecosystem in the space and aerospace fields 🤝
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Glad to have you on site 🚀
Thank you to Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic for hosting some of our members and friends last week! And thank you to Ed Risley for organizing the trip and to Richard M Ketner for the pictures!
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“Without avionics, the spaceship doesn’t do very much. It’s the nervous system of the vehicle.” Behind every Virgin Galactic flight lies a symphony of sensors, wiring, and data, transforming thousands of signals into information our pilots can trust. Watch how avionics brings our spacecraft to life in episode 7 of We Build SpaceShips. Special shoutout to Alpine Aviation Group - Ozark, MO's VP Michael Smith for joining us in this installment.
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Students and staff from Doña Ana Community College made the trek out to site earlier this month to learn about the spaceport, its tenants, and its operational elements 🚀 ✨ Creating connections between college and universities in our region helps develop the next wave of space and aerospace professionals 🤝
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Spaceport America reposted this
🚀 Member Spotlight: Swift Engineering From the stratosphere to supersonic flight, Swift Engineering continues to push aerospace innovation forward. President Hamed Khalkhali, Ph.D., MBA, shares how the team’s latest success, the Swift Ultra Long Endurance (SULE) platform, reached 67,000 feet through NASA’s SBIR program. He also discusses how HAPS Alliance membership strengthens collaboration across the industry, supports the development of a shared “flight culture,” and fosters the mindset needed to move HAPS from innovation to sustainable real-world service. Read the full spotlight in the comments below 👇 #HAPSAlliance #HAPS #Aerospace #Innovation #SwiftEngineering #MemberSpotlight
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