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MARCH 23, 2020

The latest effort by Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to increase its international broadband internet service produced mixed results.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial space launch venture of Elon Musk, has signed a $492M contract with satellite firm Iridium Communications. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will provide launch services for Iridium NEXT, Iridium's next generation satellites.

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JULY 3, 2013

In a step towards qualifying the firm''s spacecraft for use in transporting astronauts, Hawthorne-based SpaceX has passed two, critical milestones for NASA''s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, NASA said Tuesday afternoon.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Hawthorne-based commercial spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies said Tuesday afternoon, along with Israeli satellite operator Space Communication Ltd. Spacecom's satellite is being built to provide communications services and direct satellite Internet for Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The launch is scheduled for 2015.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

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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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully put the Koreasat-5A into space on Monday, successfully launching another satellite into space, and again successfully landing the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic. SpaceX launched the Koreasat-5A from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:34 p.m. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2013

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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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been thrust into a critical role with NASA, after a catastrophic launch failure and explosion in Virginia Tuesday evening. Both Orbital Sciences and SpaceX had been selected to help provide resupply services to the ISS by NASA.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, said Friday that it is gearing up to compete for upcoming, Department of Defense launches, after the NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force issued new rules for certifying commercial launch vehicles for defense payloads.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The US Department of Defense announced late Wednesday evening that it has awarded Hawthorne-based SpaceX , a $290.594M contract, to launch GPS satellites for the United States Air Force (USAF) into space, as part of its GPS III satellite constellation. The contract announcement by the DoD also included a $354.8M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2012

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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JUNE 14, 2010

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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MARCH 6, 2014

The conflict and rising tensions over Russia''s activities in the Ukraine are having a direct impact on the plans of Hawthorne-based SpaceX. SpaceX has been attempting to gain a foothold in providing launch services for the U.S. READ MORE>>. spacex launch defense ukraine russia force'

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has opened up signups for its Starlink satellite Internet, allowing interested customers to sign up for ordering the service on its website. SpaceX requests users' email and service address, and says that orders are "first come, first serve".

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

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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JULY 14, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has told users who have expressed interest in becoming a beta tester for the company's Starlink satellite Internet service that it hopes to launch a beta of its service sometime this summer.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

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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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been selected by NASA for a new launch contract, to launch NASA's Sentinel-6A mission into space, NASA said on Thursday. NASA said total cost for it to launch the new mission will be approximately $97M, including launch services and other mission related costs. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is planning to launch another resupply rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) today--its eighteenth--in a launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, later this evening. According to SpaceX, its eighteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-18) is targeted for launch at 6:24 p.m.

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APRIL 3, 2017

Hawthorne-based SPaceX has signed up yet another customer for its rocket launch business, Cayman Islands-based Global-IP Cayman. Global-IP Cayman, which is working on providing satellite Internet to Sub-Saharan Africa, said it has signed a launch services deal with SpaceX for its first satellite. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX successfully launched another payload to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, launching the tenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-10) mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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JULY 5, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX delivered another payload into space on Wednesday, sending the Intelsat 35e into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), on its third try. The satellite is Intelsat's fourth, Epic-generation satellite, used for video and broadband, wireless backhaul, enterprise, and mobility services in the C- and Ku-band.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based subscription airline Surf Air is extending its service into Orange County, with a new partnership with helicopter charter firm BLADE , the company said on Wednesday. The connecting flights will cost $199 per shuttle flight, and are not included as part of Surf Air's existing membership. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to launch yet another satellite into space today, this time, a commercial payload for KT Sat, South Korea's satellite service provider. SpaceX said it plans to launch Koreasat-5A from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 3:34 p.m. SpaceX is again broadcasting the launch on its website.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, test fired its Falcon rocket at slightly after 1 PST Monday, after an unspecified delay. SpaceX said the tests are a "full launch dress rehearsal" for its second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) launch set for May 7th.

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APRIL 29, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to launch its massive constellation of 1,500 satellites into space, for its planned "Starlink" Internet service.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

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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OCTOBER 26, 2020

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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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is now accepting online reservations for flights on one of its dedicated, satellite ride sharing missions--for a cost as low as $1M. According to SpaceX, it is expanding its launch services "to directly address the needs of small satellite operators" through the online booking tool.

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MAY 24, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully delivered 60, Starlink communications satellites into orbit last night, the first of what is planned to be thousands of low earth orbit satellites designed to provide Internet communications anywhere in the world. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has scored $297M more in a launch contract from the U.S. According to the Air Force Space and Missle Systems Center, SpaceX won one of two Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch services contracts, worth a total of $297M. Air Force , the launch three new missions into space.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully delivered its largest, geosynchronous satellite payload, the Hispasat 30W-6, to orbit last night, in a late evening launch from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the Hispasat 30W-6 at 12:33 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40). READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX says it is now planning to launch its next mission to the International Space Station, CRS-13, on Wednesday morning. According to SpaceX, it is targeting launch of the Commercial Resupply Services 13 (CRS-13) mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Florida for 8:46 a.m.

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JUNE 5, 2017

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX successfully delivered yet another payload into space on Saturday, launching a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX also again successfully landed the first stage of the Falcon 9, at Cape Canaveral. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2019

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has scored a $50.3M According to NASA, the award covers both launch services and other mission-related costs for the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). contract to launch a NASA probe to study black holes and neutron stars.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully delivered another payload into space over the Christmas weekend, delivering the GPS III SV01 Mission into space on Sunday, December 23rd at 5:51 a.m. for the U.S. The launch was from Cape Canaveral, Florida. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

According to sales emails, the company is planning on revisiting pricing for both new and existing members of the service. Surf Air provides all-you-can-fly service between Burbank, Hawthorne, the Bay Area, Sacramento, Carlsbad, Las Vegas, and other destinations in California. READ MORE>>.

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