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GeoLinks Wins $234.8M For Broadband Rollout

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Camarillo-based GeoLinks , a wireless Internet Services Provider (WISP) that supplies broadband Internet via high speed, wireless links, is one of the winners of a big FCC rural broadband Internet award. Hawthorne-based SpaceX also was a winner in the broadband effort, with an $886M award, part of a total of $9.2 billion in funding.

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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 Wins New NASA Contract For ISS Deliveries

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NASA said Thursday afternoon that it has awarded Hawthorne-based SpaceX one of three awards to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), as part of a continuation of its efforts to move to commercial rocket launch providers. NASA said the contracts are potentially worth $14 billion, depending on what missions are ordered.

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SpaceX Gets Satellite Contract

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Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, said late Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Israeli satellite firm Space Communications Ltd. , Spacecom's satellites are used for direct broadcast satellite television, telecommunications, and other satellite services. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Hits Another Milestone

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by Elon Musk, said this morning that it has hit another milestone on its Dragon Spacecraft. SpaceX gained the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program contract in December of 2008. READ MORE>>.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

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.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. Deal of the week. Take bike share.