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SpaceX Wins Missile Tracking Contract

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Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has received a new, $149M contract to help develop new, missile tracking satellites for the U.S. Department of Defense, part of two contracts awarded by the DoD to improve its capabilities. The award was through the Pentagon's Space Development Agency.

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NASA Selects SpaceX For Moon Landing System

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is one of three companies which was selected by NASA today to develop lunar landers to land astronauts on the Moon, according to NASA. According to NASA, SpaceX is one of the companies selected to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Wins $3M For Moon, Mars Exploration Research

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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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SpaceX To Deliver Robots To The Moon

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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. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Wins Canadian Launch Program

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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. Financial details of the contract win were not announced. spacex canada satellite launch rocket contract space aerospace'

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AECOM To Build Hyperloop Test Track For SpaceX

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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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SpaceX, Air Force Settle Lawsuit

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Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX said Friday that the company has reached an agreement with the U.S. SpaceX had been locked out of the Air Force due to a "block buy" contract which the Air Force has with Boeing and Lockheed Martin. SpaceX is based in Hawthorne, not far from LAX. READ MORE>>.

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