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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by Elon Musk, has landed a contract to deliver a payload to the moon. According to a Pittsburgh-based aerospace startup, Astrobotic Technology , it has signed a contract with SpaceX to deliver a robotic payload to the moon on the SpaceX Falcon 9.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the commercial spacecraft and rocket developer led by Elon Musk, looks to be the only bidder in a U.S. Air Force contract , to send a next generation GPS satellite into space.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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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. The award was one of a number of awards given to 14 companies, announced by NASA for its Tipping Point program. for those Moon and Mars exploration efforts.

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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. Financial details of the contract win were not announced. SpaceX is led by technology mogul Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX completed its launch on Sunday, putting ten Iridium satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara. SpaceX launched the latest Falcon 9 into orbit at 1:26 p.m. PDT, with the rocket's smoke trail visible from as far south as Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Hawthore-based SpaceX successfully launched its mission for THAICOM Monday afternoon, to put the THAICOM 6 communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit. The mission is the second GTO orbit mission for SpaceX. spacex geosynchronous transfer orbit aerospace rocket elon musk thaicom' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has gotten its wish: NASA wants it to send astronauts to space. SpaceX said Friday that it has won a $440M contract with NASA, to develop the successor to the Space Shuttle, to transport American astronauts to space. SpaceX said that it plans to undertake its first, manned flight to space by 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

SpaceX , the privately held, Southern California developer of spacecraft and rockets, said Friday that NASA and the firm have announced October 7th, 2012, as the target launch date for its first resupply mission to the International Space Station. According to SpaceX, the launch of its Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft will be 8:34 p.m.

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX said Friday that the company has reached an agreement with the U.S. Air Force, to drop its lawsuit against the USAF--giving SpaceX the opportunity to bid for national security space launches. SpaceX is based in Hawthorne, not far from LAX. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2013

Hawthorne-based commercial rocket and spaceship developer SpaceX is expanding its range of possible customers today, with a deal with the military''s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). According to the center, it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corp.,

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MAY 29, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the developer of commercial space rockets and space vehicles, has signed on its first commercial contract for its Falcon Heavy, with Intelsat , the satellite communications firm, the two said this morning. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.

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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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OCTOBER 5, 2012

Commercial spacecraft and rocket developer SpaceX is getting set to launch its first, official resupply mission to the International Space Station Sunday, to deliver 1,000 pounds of supplies to the station's crew. The launch--the first actual supply run to the ISS by SpaceX--is expected to takeoff at 8:35PM EDT on Sunday, October 7th.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

Hawthorne-based SpaceX saw another successful launch of a mission ot the International Space Station on Saturday, taking off at 4:47 a.m. SpaceX had originally planned to launch the mission on January 6th, but scrubbed that launch due to an unspecified technical issue. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of Elon Musk, is set to launch a demonstration flight on Tuesday. billion resupply contract with NASA for the ISS. billion resupply contract with NASA for the ISS. The Dragon is set to launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9, and is expected to land and be recovered in the Pacific Ocean.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, said Wednesday afternoon that it is expanding its rocket development facility in Texas. Musk said in a statement that the facility is "critical" to its operations and upcoming launch contracts. Photo credit: SpaceX).

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

Noone had gone on to take a job at SpaceX and Ellis at Blue Origin, but the two remained in touch and had an idea for building rockets quickly and cheaply — with the vision that they wanted to eventually build these rockets on Mars. That contract, awarded by The 45th Space Wing of the Air Force, is the first direct agreement the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the firm which is developing commercial space launch rockets, said Friday that it has successfully demonstrated a component on the NASA STS-127 shuttle mission. SpaceX's contract with NASA calls for the firm to carry cargo to the ISS in 12 flights between 2010 and 2015. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For example, the development of reusable rocket technology by SpaceX and Amazon, who could not match NASA supplier budgets, has opened huge new opportunities in space travel and exploration. I’m often asked for the secret to this attribute in developing a team culture. Outsourcing of manufacturing is another option.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. It also doesn’t hurt that the company has developed sophisticated manufacturing technologies that have terrestrial applications, if the rocket business fails to take off.

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