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SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. All three of those customers would use the new platform to send satellites into orbit.

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SpaceX, Google Cloud In Data Center Deal

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX and Sunnyvale-based Google Cloud said on Thursday that the two are in a new partnership, where Starlink will locate its ground stations within Google's data center properties. The two said the direct connectivity to Google's cloud through Starlink is expected to be available in the second half of 2021.

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NASA Awards SpaceX $50 Million Launch Contract

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NASA awarded Hawthorne-based SpaceX a $50.3 million contract to launch three space telescopes in 2021.

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Elon Musk Puts $100M Into Carbon Capture

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Elon Musk, the CEO and founder of Hawthorne, California-based companies SpaceX and The Boring Company said on Thursday that he is donating $100M to a new prize for the best carbon capture technology. Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2021.

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Fire Reported At SpaceX Facility In Florida

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SpaceX, which is based in the Los Angeles area, in Hawthorne, has said that it hopes to launch commercial missions on the Starship in 2021. A fire broke out this morning at a SpaceX facility in Florida, where SpaceX is working on its "Starship", reportedly causing around $650,000 in damage. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX To Provide Internet To Texas School District

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Hawthorne, California-based rocket launch, spacecraft, and satellite developer SpaceX , in one of the first large scale deployments of its Starlink satellite constellation, will provide Internet access to Ector County, Texas.

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SpaceX Wins Award To Send Probe To Study Black Holes

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Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has scored a $50.3M The mission is expected to launch from Florida in April of 2021, from the SpaceX Launch Complex 39A. contract to launch a NASA probe to study black holes and neutron stars. The first image ever of a black hole, captured by NASA telescopes back in April READ MORE>>.

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