TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Instead, several former SpaceX employees have launched a raft of new companies, capturing the imagination and dollars of some of the biggest names in venture capital. Perhaps the most successful SpaceX offshoot is Relativity Space , founded by Jordan Noone and Tim Ellis. “ It was a company in LA more than it was an LA company.”
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss. ”
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TechCrunch LA
APRIL 17, 2018
The mayor of Los Angeles confirmed earlier reports that SpaceX will build its largest rocket, the BFR, at the Port of Los Angeles. SpaceX says the BFR is simply too big to be transported by roads. Announced last September SpaceX intends for the reusable BFR to eventually replace its Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy rockets. .
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has received a new, $149M contract to help develop new, missile tracking satellites for the U.S. SpaceX is reportedly looking to use the same base platform as it has been for Starlink for the satellite tracking. The award is the first for SpaceX for building satellites. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
APRIL 19, 2021
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has scored a groundbreaking contract to help land two American astronauts on the moon, according to NASA. NASA said Friday that it has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander on the Moon. The contract is worth $2.89
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Fans of SpaceX , the rocket launch and spacecraft company founded by technology mogul Elon Musk, have yet another opportunity to see SpaceX send a spacecraft into space from Southern California, as early as Wednesday. Image: Artist's rendering of the Spaceflight SSO-A payload, via Spaceflight. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Hawthorne-based SpaceX is in the midst of raising another $500M in funding, according to the WSJ, in a funding round to help it bring its constellation of Internet satellites to space. According to the report--citing "people familiar with the fundraising"--the new round values SpaceX at $30.5
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