SpaceX Acquires Swarm Technologies
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, which designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things services.
SpaceX To Webcast Test Firing Monday
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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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Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way
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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NASA Approves SpaceX Space Station Mission For February
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DECEMBER 9, 2011
In a major win for SpaceX , the Southern California firm developing commercial rockets for spaceflight, NASA announced Friday that it has approved the SpaceX mission to dock with the International Space Station on Friday. READ MORE>>.
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SpaceX Takes More Steps Towards Human Spaceflight
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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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SpaceX Wins German Satellite Launch Contract
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AUGUST 9, 2013
Hawthorne-based SpaceX said Thursday that it has signed a contract to provide launch services for a German radar reconnaissance satellite system, to be launched into orbit in 2018 and 2019. SpaceX said the deal is the first contract for the firm with a European government. spacex germany satellite launch contract aerospace'
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SpaceX Gets Satellite Contract
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JANUARY 27, 2010
SpaceX said the launch will insert the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Spacecom's satellites are used for direct broadcast satellite television, telecommunications, and other satellite services. SpaceX is venture backed by Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as Musk's own personal fortune.
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SpaceX Gets $492M Contract From Iridium
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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. READ MORE>>.
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SpaceX Docks With ISS
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MAY 25, 2012
In a resounding success for Southern California spaceflight firm SpaceX , the firm's Dragon capsule successfully docked and was bolted to the International Space Station at 12:02 p.m. SpaceX is now well on its way towards it goal of delivering both cargo and astronauts on a regular basis to space for NASA.
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SpaceX Wins Satellite Contract
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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. SpaceX said it now has over 40 flights on its manifest. READ MORE>>.
SpaceX alumni are helping build LA’s startup ecosystem
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.”
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173 SpaceX Thrust Into Critical Role After Competitor's Catastrophic Explosion
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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. spacex launch failure nasa rocket space station resupply'
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SpaceX Clears Glitches, Heads Towards ISS
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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. READ MORE>>.
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157 Elon Musk Warns On Runaway Artificial Intelligence
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OCTOBER 27, 2014
Elon Musk , the technology mogul and visionary who has brought us such technology innovations widespread electronic payments via PayPal, electric cars via Tesla Motors , and commercial rocket service via SpaceX , warns that artificial intelligence has the threat of becoming mankind''s "biggest existential threat" last week.
SpaceX Hits Another Milestone
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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. NASA has contracted SpaceX to deliver cargo to the Internation Space Station, starting sometime this year. Tags: spacex nasa spacecraft dragon launch rocket space aerospace.
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SpaceX Launches Koreasat-5A Into Space
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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.
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SpaceX Aims At Department Of Defense Launch Contracts
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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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SpaceX Courts Congress As Tensions Rise With Russia
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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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147 SpaceX Has Successful Launch, Landing For NASA
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DECEMBER 15, 2017
SpaceX has successfully launched a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, the Commercial Resupply Services 13 (CRS-13) mission, in the first time the rocket and spacecraft developer has used a previously launched Falcon 9 first stage, as well as previously used Dragon spacecraft for NASA.
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SpaceX Wins Satellite Launch Contract With Spacecom
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JANUARY 30, 2013
Spacecom) , that SpaceX has agreed to launch a Spacecom satellite into space. The two said that SpaceX will launch Spacecom's AMOS-6 satellite into space on the Falcon 9, placing that company's satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. The launch is scheduled for 2015. READ MORE>>.
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147 SpaceX To Offer Up 500Mbps Starlink Premium Service
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FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Los Angeles-based space launch and satellite service provider SpaceX is rolling out a new, premium version of its Starlink satellite Internet service, called Starlink Premium. The new service will cost $500 per month, rather than the $99 per month that SpaceX charges for its normal Internet service.
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SpaceX Test Fires Rocket
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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. The static firing test was webcast on SpaceX's site. READ MORE>>.
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Silicon Beach Report Sept. 1: SpaceX Rocket Explodes, Destroying Facebook’s Satellite
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
SpaceX Rocket explodes and destroys Facebook’s satellite, Hyperloop One lawsuit accusations grow, Fandango expands service to Arclight Cinemas, and more.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns To Earth, After Successful Flight
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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. SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 10:43 A.M. SpaceX is looking to provide its technology to move cargo to-and-from the ISS.
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SpaceX Opens Signups For Starlink
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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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SpaceX Gets $3.1B NASA Contract
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DECEMBER 26, 2008
Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight startup headed by former PayPal founder Elon Musk, has scored a contract with NASA that is worth up to $3.1 According to SpaceX, NASA selected its Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS) Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) contract award.
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113 SpaceX To Attempt 18th Resupply Mission To ISS Today
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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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SpaceX Wins New $97M Launch Contract With NASA
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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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SpaceX Launches New Payload To ISS
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DECEMBER 6, 2018
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has launched yet another payload into space--only two days after a successful launch of a satellite payload at Vandenberg. The mission is the sixteenth delivery of supplies to the ISS for SpaceX. NASA said the SpaceX rocket is delivering around 5,600 pounds of supplies and payloads to the ISS.
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113 SpaceX Gets FCC Approval On Massive Satellite Constellation
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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. SpaceX's massive satellite constellation would fly at an altitude of 550 kilometers.
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SpaceX Successfully Delivers Hispasat To Orbit
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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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SpaceX Shifts Launch Target To Wednesday
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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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113 SpaceX Launch Of Koreasat-5A On Tap For Today
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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. READ MORE>>.
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113 SpaceX Dragon Successfully Docks With ISS
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FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has successfully docked its SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday morning at 8:12 a.m. The SpaceX Dragon is expected to spend about four weeks at the ISS, according to NASA. EST, after a successful launch earlier this week.
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SpaceX Lets You Book Satellite Launches Online
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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. READ MORE>>.
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SpaceX Plans Launch For NASA This Morning
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DECEMBER 15, 2017
Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to launch a mission to the International Space Station this morning, at 7:36 a.m. According to SpaceX, this launch will deliver about 4,800 pounds of cargo to the ISS; the Dragon is expected to be docked at the ISS for a month, before it will splash down in Baja California. READ MORE>>.
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SpaceX Successfully Delivers 60 Starlink Satellites Into Orbit
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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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113 SpaceX Aims At Starlink Beta Launch This Summer
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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. READ MORE>>.
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113 SpaceX Buys Swarm Technologies
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
Los Angeles-based rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX has acquired Swarm Technologies, a developer of "smallsat" (small satellite) technology. cubesats"-- small satellites in orbit, which are providing Internet-of-Things services. cubesats"-- small satellites in orbit, which are providing Internet-of-Things services.
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SpaceX Signs Launch Deal with Global-IP
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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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SpaceX Delivers Another Payload Into Space
socalTECH
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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113 SpaceX Wins $297M For New Air Force Launch Missions
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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. Image: an earlier SpaceX launch of NROL-76 into space in 2017.
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113 SpaceX Planning Another Try On Starlink Satellite Launch Today
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MAY 16, 2019
SpaceX , which is in the midst of attempting to launch 60 satellites into space, said that it will try again today to launch its first set of Starlink communications satellites into space today at 10:30 p.m. SpaceX scrubbed the original launch on Wednesday, due to excess upper level winds.
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113 SpaceX To Provide Internet To Texas School District
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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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