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SpaceX To Webcast Test Firing Monday

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Hawthorne-based commercial spacecraft developer SpaceX said Friday that it will be webcasting its test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket, as it prepared for its upcoming launch to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX said it will be conducting a static fire test of the Falcon 9 on Monday, April 30th, at 2:30 P.M.

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SpaceX Clears Glitches, Heads Towards ISS

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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.

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SpaceX Docks With ISS

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The startup, which is based in Hawthorne, has been in the midst of its latest mission all week. NASA has been supporting SpaceX's efforts to develop a commercial spaceflight service, as it looks to replace the now-retired Space Shuttle fleet and reduce its costs. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Wins Satellite Contract

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , on the heels of the firm's successful launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, announced over the weekend that it has signed a contract with the National Space Organization (NSPO) to launch an Earth Observation Satellite, Formosat-5. Financial scope of the launch contract was not announced.

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SpaceX Dragon Returns To Earth, After Successful Flight

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by technology mogul Elon Musk, said that its Dragon module has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The flight is the first successful flight under a NASA COTS program, which looks to develop commercial supply services for the International Space Station.

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SpaceX To Provide Internet To Texas School District

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Hawthorne, California-based rocket launch, spacecraft, and satellite developer SpaceX , in one of the first large scale deployments of its Starlink satellite constellation, will provide Internet access to Ector County, Texas.

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SpaceX Scores $886M From FCC For High Speed Rural Broadband

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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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