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SpaceX Acquires Swarm Technologies

L.A. Business Journal

SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, which designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things services.

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SpaceX To Offer Up 500Mbps Starlink Premium Service

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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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Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way

TechCrunch LA

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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SpaceX Opens Signups For Starlink

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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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Former SpaceX Employees File Complaint With NLRB

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Eight, former employees of Torrance-based SpaceX have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, saying they were fired for drafting a letter complaining about Elon Musk. Musk reportedly has ordered existing employees to work more than 84 hours per week as he looks to reshape the social media service.

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SpaceX Buys Swarm Technologies

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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 alumni are helping build LA’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

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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