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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based Surf Air , the membership-based, all-you-can fly airline headed by Wade Eyerly, has extended out its footprint today, saying that it has added another aircraft and expanded service to Hawthorne and Palm Springs. Surf Air said new flights in Hawthorne will start on December 9th, and Palm Springs will start on December 12th.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the commercial space exploration firm run by Elon Musk, is looking to raised $750M in a leveraged loan offering, according to a report on Tuesday. The debt funding effort is apparently the company's first time it has attempted to tap into the institutional debt market. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has added another satellite customer, DigitalGlobe , to its queue of launch contracts, the two companies said Wednesday morning. DigitalGlobe is a provider of high resolution, earth images, for the government and commercial market. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Tesla Motors is getting set to launch its newest model--the mass market, Model 3--at an event on March 31st in Los Angeles, in what is expected to be watershed moment for the electric car company. Tesla maintains a small office in Hawthorne, right next to SpaceX, the space rocket company which is also headed by Elon Musk.

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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. According to Elon Musk, in a tweet, SpaceX is still in the "early stages" of developing advanced micro-satellites operating in large formations.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Technology mogul Elon Musk has made huge waves in Southern California with his success at Hawthorne-based commercial rocket and spaceflight company SpaceX. However, Musk also has his hands in a number of other companies, including Foster City-based SolarCity , which just had a successful IPO this morning. billion.

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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 said its first test to space sent its rocket to an altitude of 329,839 feet (100.5 READ MORE>>.

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