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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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SpaceX's Next Payload Arrives In Florida, Second Mission To Refly Rocket

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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. Bulgaria Sat is a part of Bulsatcom, a telecommunications provider which offers up pay-TV services in Bulgaria.

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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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ViaSat Selects SpaceX For Satellite Launch

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Carlsbad-based ViaSat , which develops high speed communications satellites, said this morning that it has selected Hawthorne-based SpaceX to launch its next high capacity, broadband satellite, ViaSat-2. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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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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