Core Values

Vision Statement:

By 2030, Maine will be an integral player in the emerging global network of suborbital and orbital transportation to space, providing a significant return on investment as an engine of economic growth and workforce development to the state and the region.

Mission Statement:

The Maine Space Complex provides faculty, teachers, students, businesses, partners, and entrepreneurs from within and outside of the state access to a plug-and-play infrastructure where innovations, ground-breaking research and development, problem-solving, spacecraft launch, world-class space data, and analytics capability, and dreaming big are routine occurrences and from which virtual learning is available to teachers, students, and others.

Performance Goals:

Achieving the vision is predicated on the three business units of the Maine Space Complex being fully functional and in use by customers in the business, higher education, research, government, and k-12 communities. In turn, these units will enable the Maine Space Complex to achieve the following

Performance Goals by 2045:

• Facilitate the creation of an estimated 3,500 new jobs in Maine, 50% of which will be credentialed and commanding an average annual salary of $77,000.
• Capture at least 10% of the US small satellite market launch market.
• Generate an estimated $500 million in incremental GDP beyond the 2022 baseline