TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that he has moved to Texas, confirming months of speculation that the billionaire would leave California, a state of which he has become increasingly critical. His other privately held company, SpaceX, is planning a launch site in Boca Chica, Texas.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket launch firm led by Elon Musk, is planning a torrid launch pace--hoping to send up rockets into space every two or three weeks-- according to Reuters.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is gearing up to refurbish its growing collection of rocket boosters, and plans to lease a building in Port Canaveral, Florida, for those efforts, according to a report. A local Florida publication says that SpaceX has had to lease more room, as it has been successfully landing Falcon 9 rocket boosters.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is now worth around $25 billion, based on the valuation of the company on a new, $507M fundraising round, according to Bloomberg. The valuation would make SpaceX the third most valuable startup in the United States, behind Uber and Airbnb, according to the report. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX successfully lifted the GovSat-1 payload into space, and was on the way to delivering the communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit, from Florida on Wednesday afternoon. The launch precedes a much more closely watched launch for SpaceX, scheduled for next week, of its Falcon Heavy.

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JULY 17, 2012

SpaceX sent out a link to its music video on Tuesday afternoon, highlighting the launch of its last mission, the first time a privately developed, commercial vehicle docked with the ISS. The startup is headed by tech mogul Elon Musk, known for co-founding PayPal and Tesla Motors. Create a highlights video, set to music -- of course.

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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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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. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

When you see startups like SpaceX and Pinterest grow from a low valuation to a billion dollars in just a few years, it’s easy to assume that if you just keep doing what you are doing, you can get there as well. Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Fans of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of Elon Musk, have been riding high this week, with the approval of its NASA launch mission to the International Space Station, scheduled for February. Plus, the firm has also just been tapped by new space startup Stratolaunch--backed by Microsoft billionaire Paul G.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Can Elon Musk , the technology mogul behind SpaceX , Tesla MOtors , and SolarCity help solve the battery problems dodging Boeing and its troubled 787 Dreamliner? Musk had said earlier this month that Tesla and SpaceX are "happy to help" solve issues with the 787's Lithium ion batteries. 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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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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OCTOBER 29, 2012

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully touched down at 12:22 p.m. The successful return of the SpaceX Dragon is the first time since the retirement of the Space Shuttle that NASA has been able to return significant amounts of samples and cargo from the ISS.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies. The post What Is xAI?

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APRIL 26, 2016

A new, microsatellite launch firm--founded by veterans of SpaceX--said today that it has raised more than $1M to launch the startup. Vector Space Systems led by former SpaceX executive Jim Cantrell, said it raised $1M in an angel funding to develop a mirosatellite launch company.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Add another, Southern California company to the exclusive list of billion-dollar plus startups here. billion startup--which puts it in the ranks of only three other startups here known publicly to have passed the $1 billion mark in terms of valuation. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. Busy week for SpaceX – across funding, space tourism, and next-gen spacecraft. Lots of other news, too, including our own: We announced this week that NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is going to be our guest on stage at TC Sessions: Space coming up in June.

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MAY 24, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX said Thursday evening that it will be webcasting the docking of the firm's Dragon capsule with the International Space Station tomorrow morning, at the early hour of 4:30 A.M. Photo: Astronauts watching the SpaceX launch, via ESA/NASA)>. READ MORE>>.

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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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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Electric scooter sharing startup Bird raises $15 million; Snap to provide analytics to top Snapchat creators; and SpaceX hits two milestones in plan for low-latency satellite broadband.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

At the time they were working from a WeWork in Seattle, during the darkest winter in Seattle history, where Ellis was wrapping up a stint at Blue Origin. “Rockets are the business model now,” Ellis told me last year at the company’s offices at the time, a few hundred feet from SpaceX. Still, Relativity is undaunted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

Based on my experience as a business advisor, I’m convinced that most startup investors invest in the entrepreneur, as much as a solution or product. Of course, this passion must be backed up by documented evidence and logical arguments, not just loud talking and arm waving. Convince people the market needs what you have.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, has seen a successful launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral this morning. Tags: falcon9 spacex elon musk nasa spacecraft rocket aerospace cape canaveral. As of 11:54am PST the vehicle had reached earth orbit. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

A new, Los Angeles startup, Hyperloop Technologies has emerged-- with $8.5M Hyperloop Technologies is led by former SpaceX engineer Brogan BamBrogan. The company joins another, Los Angeles company--also with SpaceX ties--called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, which has been crowdsourcing its effort via JumpStartFund.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spacecraft startup started by Elon Musk, reported Thursday that it has hosted its first preliminary training for NASA astronauts, in preparation for the firm's first delivery of payload to the International Space Station. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 5, 2019

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) , a group which represents astronomers aroudn the world, expressed its concern this week over the proliferating number of satellites being launched into space--after the first 60 communications satellite of thousands being planned by SpaceX started showing up in photos of the night sky.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2017

CAA launches tech startup studio with $12 million in funding, SpaceX details satellite constellation plans to Congress and AirBnB to generate nearly $1 billion in L.A. County activity, study says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2022

Steve Jobs of Apple may have been the most visible example of this ability to “see around the corner,” but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), and Elon Musk (SpaceX). With collaboration, differences add up to more than the sum of the parts. Borrow prior and current brilliance (mash-up).

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MARCH 20, 2015

Are you one of the many Southern California companies now embarking on your new space startup? Apparently, the popularity of space startups has spurred a new legal specialty: space lawyer. jobs aerospace space deepspace spacex careers legal lawyer startup' Image courtesy Kenny Louie , via CC@Flickr. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 17, 2017

Rocket Lab , a Huntington Beach-based startup developing launch rockets, is hoping to join SpaceX as the second, venture-backed rocket developer in Southern California to reach space with a launch on May 22nd. Rocket Lab, which is led by Peter Beck, started developing its rockets in 2006.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 19, 2017

Pasadena avatar-generating startup Oben Inc. raises $5 million, NBC adds Snapchat news show, and SpaceX not going to land Dragon capsule on Mars with rocket thrusters.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 24, 2020

To accomplish those, and other launches like them, the company is also setting up a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. We’ve actually pre-sold more launches than any other company in the industry since SpaceX.” “Not only do we have a second launch site, but we have an anchor customer.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , the space launch startup led by Peter Beck, is aiming at beating NASA to Venus , in the hopes of helping to search for extraterrestrial life. Rocket Lab joins Hawthorne-based SpaceX in its desire for exploring space; SpaceX founder Elon Musk has set his eyes on colonizing Mars. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Santa Monica-based Troy Capital Partners , a new venture investment firm led by Josh Berman, Brian Sullivan, and Samit Varma, has backed a veteran of TrueCar for a new startup called Rollick Outdoor. Rollick Outdoor is based in Austin, where Brenner was based while at Santa Moinca-based TrueCar. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space rocket startup headed by former PayPal founder Elon Musk, and backed by Founders Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, disclosed Wednesday that it has completed two successful test firings of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Tags: spacex space aerospace flight rocket moon nasa. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

El Segundo-based space startup Impulse Space says it is planning its first mission, a demonstration of its "orbital service vehicle", which it has named "Mira". The company said it has booked a launch slot on a SpaceX Falcon 9 around Q4 of 2023.

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