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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , which is developing its own constellation of thousands of satellites to provide Internet service to earth, has been selected to receive $886M from the FCC to deploy high speed broadband to the rural United States. According to the FCC, SpaceX was among 180 companies to receive part of $9.2

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to reach another milestone in its development of space exploration technology, which is to push the reuse of its rockets even further. According to a SpaceX official, the company is about to relaunch one of its boosters for the third time.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been booked to launch the first, privately funded lunar lander mission, as a secondary payload on an upcoming launch from Cape Canaveral. The lunar lander was developed by SpaceIL, an Israeli non-profit. The lunar lander was developed by SpaceIL, an Israeli non-profit.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is reportedly getting set to move some parts of the prototyping of its big, Mars-bound passenger rocket--the Starship (formerly known as the BFR)--to Texas, according to reports on Wednesday.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has received a $3M contract from NASA, to go towards some of its work aimed at space exploration on the Moon and Mars, NASA said this week. The award was one of a number of awards given to 14 companies, announced by NASA for its Tipping Point program. for those Moon and Mars exploration efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has just signed a deal to deliver two robot payloads to the moon for a small Japanese company, ispace , ispace said this morning. According to ispace, it has signed a contract with SpaceX for two flights to land two lunar orbiters on the moon. That effort expired in March.

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APRIL 18, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to launch yet another payload into space for NASA, saying all systems and weather are go for the 6:51 p.m. SpaceX is launching the payload on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Starliner, the crew spacecraft developed by Boeing for NASA’s Commercial Crew program, encountered not one, but two major software flaws during its most recent demonstration mission that would’ve been very bad had they not been corrected. SpaceX launches online rocket rideshare booking tool.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area spacecraft and rocket developer, has delayed today's launch of BulgariaSat-1 to replace a fairing valve, saying that its next launch opportunities for the spacecraft are 6/23 and 6/24. That's the same weekend as SpaceX is scheduled to launch another payload for Iridium, on 6/25.

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MARCH 30, 2017

SpaceX , the Los Angeles area rocket and spacecraft developer, is hoping to make history this afternoon, with the (re)launch of a SpaceX Falcon rocket. SpaceX's own webcast of the event starts at 3:27 P.M. The company says it has a two and a half hour launch window, with a backup window on Saturday, April 1st at 6:27 p.m.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The announcement Tuesday afternoon by NASA that Southern California private rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX has been selected to help deliver astronauts to the International Space Station, helps move SpaceX one step closer to the ultimate goal: Mars. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Hawthore-based SpaceX successfully launched its mission for THAICOM Monday afternoon, to put the THAICOM 6 communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit. The mission is the second GTO orbit mission for SpaceX. spacex geosynchronous transfer orbit aerospace rocket elon musk thaicom' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Vector , a developer of micro-satellite launch systems and rocket technology whose founders came from SpaceX, said on Thursday that it has raised $21‌M in a Series A funding. The company is based in Arizona, but the majority of its founders are from Los Angeles. The company says it has now raised $31M in total.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket company run by Elon Musk , is indeed working on developing a constellation of micro-satellites to deliver Internet access across the world. elon musk spacex satellite launch communications constellation nanosat cubesat nasa internet delivery' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Marco Villa, the former Director of Mission Operations at SpaceX, and Dr. Patricia Galloway, who was the first woman President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), to manage the effort on its site. jumpstartfund spacex hyperloop elon musk transportation project crowdfunding' Galloway was on the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Hawthorne-based space rocket developer SpaceX is hoping to get back to flights in November, in an optimistic statement at an aerospace event in Paris on Tuesday. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said that the loss was the "most difficult and complex" failure the company has encounteredin 14 years.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based megapixel camera developer Arecont Vision reported that its cameras are being used on the SpaceX Dragon. The company said its high performance, megapixel cameras are being used to provide high quality images of the cargo for the International Space Station, as part of the deliveries of those items to the ISS.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

SpaceX , the Hawthorne-based commercial spaceflight and rocket operation headed by tech mogul Elon Musk, showed a successful test of a new, vertical takeoff and landing vehicle today, the SpaceX Grasshopper. The company said the 10 story vehicle lifted nearly two stories in an 8-second, test hop in McGregor, Texas earlier this month.

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MAY 27, 2016

Hawthorne-based space rocket developer SpaceX is planning another attempt of a launch today, after the company scrubbed its initial attempt at launching its THAICOM 8 mission on Thursday. According to SpaceX, its next launch window is at 5:40PM ET today, with the weather currently at 90%.

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JULY 30, 2013

Hawthorne-based commercial space rocket developer Space Exploratoin Technologies said this afternoon that it has been awarded a launch reservation contract to support the Canadian space program. SpaceX said that MDA already has a mission signed this year for delivery a satellite on the Falcon 9. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Are you a fan of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space rocket developer founded by Elon Musk? SpaceX has just released some impressive, 4K video of its launches on YouTube, offering up an impressive compilation of the company''s various launches in the very high resolution video format. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based space rocket developer SpaceX has its first, real, commercial competition, as of Monday, after competing rocket developer Blue Origin launched its first successful test into space. Blue Origin is backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos; SpaceX is run by fellow tech mogul Elon Musk.

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX said Friday that the company has reached an agreement with the U.S. Air Force, to drop its lawsuit against the USAF--giving SpaceX the opportunity to bid for national security space launches. SpaceX is based in Hawthorne, not far from LAX. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

In a major win for SpaceX , the Southern California firm developing commercial rockets for spaceflight, NASA announced Friday that it has approved the SpaceX mission to dock with the International Space Station on Friday. The mission would be the first ever docking of a commercially developed, private rocket ship with the ISS.

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JUNE 10, 2015

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the rocket and spaceship development company led by mogul Elon Musk, has added a grand new plan on the company's way to deliver humanity to Mars: to provide Internet access across the globe. SpaceX had not said when it intends to have that constellation deployed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

A new report this morning says that Hawthorne-based spaceship and rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies is in the midst of raising a new round of investment, which values the company at around $10 billion. If true, the valuation of SpaceX near the $10 billion mark would about double its last known valuation of roughly $4.8

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MARCH 26, 2020

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. 3D-printing companies are working on new ways to manufacture personal protective equipment and swabs for COVID-19 testing.

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MAY 12, 2017

A new satellite, BulgariaSat-1, built for a Bulgarian telecommunications company, has arrived at Cape Canaveral in Florida, in preparation for what will be the second mission to refly a rocket for Hawthorne-based SpaceX. SpaceX is expected to launch that missions sometime in June.

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JULY 20, 2015

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by mogul Elon Musk, is planning on releasing plans on how the company hopes to recover from a catastrophic launch failure on June 28th. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

A big Los Angeles area construction and engineering firm, AECOM , said Tuesday that it has been selected to build the first, Hyperloop test track, for a competition being run by Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The size of the contract was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, is planning to attempt its next rocket landing test on solid ground, at Cape Canaveral, according to NASA. SpaceX has made several, failed landing attempts of its booster on its ocean platform on prior missions. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2016

A new, microsatellite launch firm--founded by veterans of SpaceX--said today that it has raised more than $1M to launch the startup. Vector Space Systems led by former SpaceX executive Jim Cantrell, said it raised $1M in an angel funding to develop a mirosatellite launch company. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

PT Scientists , a German team which is competing as part of the Google Lunar X Prize --one of the competitions run by the Los Angeles-based XPrize Foundation--says that it is likely that SpaceX will deliver a lunar rover, based on the electric powertrain used in Audi's electric vehicles--to the moon, for the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2013

Things are looking a little less stressful for SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer founded by Elon Musk, after the company cleared up a glitch which had taken three of its thruster pods on its Dragon spacecraft out of service earlier today, after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

In the first, commercial effort to deliver a payload to the moon, Hawthorne-based rocket developer SpaceX is set to launch a robotic mission from an Israeli company to the moon. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Busy week for SpaceX – across funding, space tourism, and next-gen spacecraft. SpaceX plans to build Starships at a furious clip. SpaceX is serious about iteration – its strategy of building (and failing – and learning from its failures) fast is in full effect for its Starship development program.

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