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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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ICEYE Scores Contract From NRO

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Irvine-based ICEYE, a satellite developer which is launching a constellation of satellites to monitor the earth using radar, says it has received a contract from the National Reconnaissance Officer (NRO). Financial details of the contract were not announced.

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Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way

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After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss.

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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.

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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.

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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 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 is led by technology mogul Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.

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