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Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg

TechCrunch LA

To accomplish those, and other launches like them, the company is also setting up a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Not only do we have a second launch site, but we have an anchor customer. So from a scheduling conflict perspective, we expect the fewest conflicts of any site out there.”

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Max Q: SpaceX gets ready for first human flight

TechCrunch LA

This week turned out to be a surprisingly busy one in space news — kicked off by the Trump administration’s FY 2021 budget proposal, which was generous to U.S. The spacecraft that SpaceX will use to fly astronauts for the first time is now in Florida, at its launch site for final preparations before it takes off.

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Rocket Lab Wins NASA Satellite Launch Contract

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NASA said that the contract will launch a CubeSat to the moon from Rocket Lab's new launch site, at Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch site is at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, where Rocket Lab recently set up its second launch location. Rocket Lab's original launch site is in New Zealand. READ MORE>>.

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Ecwid, NuORDER Acquired By Lightspeed For Nearly A Billion Dollars

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Ecwid is an e-commerce site, and had revenues of over $20M for the year ended March 31, 2021; NuORDER operates a marketplace which connects retailers and wholesalers, and also had revenues around $20M. Lightspeed will pay approximately $425M for NuOrder, split between $212.5M in cash plus sahres worth another $212.5M.

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Borrego Selected For Utility Scale Solar In Montana, South Dakota

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GREC is working on two projects, the The 80 MW-AC Montana Sun (MTSun) Solar project on a 489-acre site in Yellowstone County, Montana, and the 80 MW-AC Fall River Solar project on a 500-acre parcel in Fall River County, South Dakota. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

With the ITRC 2021 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 68 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site.

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7 Keys To An Engaging Framework For Social Media Mktg

Startup Professionals Musings

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI.