UP Aerospace

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UP Aerospace logo.
UP Aerospace logo.

UP Aerospace, Inc. is a spaceflight corporation based out of Farmington, Connecticut. UP Aerospace intends to provide ultra-low cost space access and payload transportation for corporate, military and educational payloads, via their SpaceLoft and SpaceLoft XL Sounding rocket launch vehicles. The first launch of the SpaceLoft XL occurred on September 25, 2006 from Spaceport America in Upham, New Mexico. The vehicle failed to reach further than 40,000 ft due to a malfunction and unexpected aerodynamic effects. [1]

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