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JULY 31, 2019

NASA has selected Hawthorne-based SpaceX , Carlsbad-based Vulcan Wireless , and Canoga Park-based Aerojet Rocketdyne as part of a new program to boost technologies to land humans on the Moon by 2024, the space agency announced on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hawthorne-based space launch provider SpaceX , led by technology mogul Elon Musk, has just been given permission to launch a massive, 7,518 satellites into space, designed to provide saturated broadband communications across the globe.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , in an attempt to further hone its technology to be able to catch the rocket fairings off of its spacecraft, was running a test on Monday afternoon off the back side of Catalina Island, dropping that fairing to Mr. Steven, its fairing-catching marine vessel. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2020

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Hawthorne-based aerospace company, was awarded a $135 million contract by NASA as part of a nearly $1 billion effort to return astronauts to the moon by 2024.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has just delayed its upcoming satellite launch mission--of the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express --due to the incoming weather system into California. According to SpaceX, the launch is being delayed to extreme high-altitude winds that violate its Range requirements.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping that it will be able to launch its Spaceflight SSO-A mission on Sunday, five days after it was force to scrub its original Wednesday launch date for the small satellite launch mission.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

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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AUGUST 5, 2014

It looks like Hawthorne-based SpaceX is confident it will keep its headquarters in Hawthorne for quite a long time--despite setting up a commercial launch facility in Texas this week--based on details on the recent sale of the company''s leased headquarters at 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne--to a commercial real estate investment trust.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

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. According to NASA, that technology could be used for large-scale, in-space propellant transfer. NASA awarded the fourteen companies a combined total of $43.2M

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, is aiming at its first launch of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for February 6th. SpaceX conducted a static firing test on the new rocket design last week. Image: The Falcon Heavy on its launch pad in Florida.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Hawthorne-based aerospace company, last week secured a substantial new government contract and made progress on multiple fronts with its Starlink satellite project.

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MAY 4, 2020

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Hawthorne-based aerospace company, was awarded a $135 million contract by NASA as part of a nearly $1 billion effort to return astronauts to the moon by 2024.

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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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MARCH 14, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has added another satellite customer, DigitalGlobe , to its queue of launch contracts, the two companies said Wednesday morning. The two said that the first block of satellites for DigitalGlobe's WorldView Legion satellites will be launched in two separate flights in 2021, on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets.

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MAY 4, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is planning to launch its own network of satellites to provide Internet access, starting in 2019, the company said on Wednesday. The announcement on the move came from SpaceX's Vice President of Satellite Government Affairs, Patricia Cooper. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. conducted two launches last week using its Falcon 9 rockets, including one mission that marked another milestone for the Hawthorne-based aerospace company.

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JUNE 9, 2017

In an unusual addition to the list of recruits to NASA's astronaut program, NASA said this week that a SpaceX engineer, and a Caltech researcher, are both among the list of twelve new candidates at a chance for future space exploration with the agency.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Playa Vista-based hyperloop developer Hyperloop Transportation Technologies --the company led by Dirk Ahlborn and Bibop Gresta--says it has linked up with insurance company Munich Re on a risk analysis and feasibility effort. The other companies are the similar named Virgin Hyperloop One in downtown Los Angeles, and SpaceX, in Hawthorne.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Irvine-based Broadcom has sued Hawthorne-based SpaceX , saying that SpaceX has been raiding the company for key engineers, and stealing its proprietary technology. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2012

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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JANUARY 26, 2016

A big Los Angeles area construction and engineering firm, AECOM , said Tuesday that it has been selected to build the first, Hyperloop test track, for a competition being run by Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The size of the contract was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 13, 2011

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of technology mogul Elon Musk, is reportedly looking to add itself to the list of Southern California technology firms aiming at at IPO. SpaceX recently announced plans to develop the largest rocket since the Saturn V, the Falcon Heavy.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

The launch failure early this morning in Kazakhstan of a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station may impact the commercial mission of Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX and Boeing, if NASA is forced to return crews to earth and leave the ISS without a crew. SpaceX is led by Los Angeles technology mogul Elon Musk.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight company headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, has released a video showing off a new test flight of its Grasshopper vertical takeover and landing vehicle. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched a satellite into space for a Canadian company, as part of a demonstration flight Sunday. SpaceX launched CASSIOPE, a small satellite for the Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler. spaceflight flight nasa launch space satellite canada cassiope spacex' PDT Sunday morning.

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JULY 30, 2013

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. SpaceX said that MDA already has a mission signed this year for delivery a satellite on the Falcon 9. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

Hawthorne-based SpaceX and NASA said late Wednesday that SpaceX has tested the parachutes that it will initially use to land the Space Crew Dragon spacecraft on earth. According to NASA, the testing--done from a C-130 cargo aircraft--is part of the final development and certification work with NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

A new report this morning says that Hawthorne-based spaceship and rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies is in the midst of raising a new round of investment, which values the company at around $10 billion. If true, the valuation of SpaceX near the $10 billion mark would about double its last known valuation of roughly $4.8

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

NASA announced late Tuesday that it has selected Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) , for a $112M mission to launch a water survey mission to space in April of 2021.

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JUNE 6, 2012

A report today says that the hugely successful flight and mission by SpaceX may open up the doors for that firm to gain a new customer: the U.S. The report , from Reuters, says that the third successful flight by SpaceX means that the firm has met one of the first requrements to fly military satellites into space. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX had a successful launch this morning at 3:44 a.m. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, along with its Dragon cargo capsule, reached orbit early this morning, after a series of delays. The SpaceX Dragon is carring 1200 pounds of supplies for the crew of the station, plus a number of student experiments.

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MAY 2, 2014

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm led by technology mogul Elon Musk, has scored a win in the courts, and has been granted an injunction by a U.S. spacex united launch alliance space lawsuit legal russia ukraine rocket engines' sanctions against Russia due to that country''s activities in the Ukraine.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

NASA said late Thursday that it has set a new date for the next SpaceX resupply mission, and is targeting Friday, March 1st for the resupply flight to the International Space Station. Those supplies will be used for experiments and the station's crew, and is expected to dock with the ISS on March 2nd.

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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. NASA also said that SpaceX is on track to complete all of those requirements by mid-2014.

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MAY 12, 2016

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, designed and launched by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , successfully returned to earth on Wednesday, splashing down 261 miles southwest of Long Beach with more than 3,700 pounds of cargo. EDT with NASA cargo and science and technology samples from the International Space Station.

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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. spacex launch defense ukraine russia force' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2012

The historic mission to the International Space Station by Hawthorne-based SpaceX progressed further Wednesday, after NASA reported that SpaceX successfully completed an approach to the ISS. The SpaceX Dragon passed directly below the ISS, 2.5 READ MORE>>.

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