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SpaceX Success May Mean Military Flights

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A report today says that the hugely successful flight and mission by SpaceX may open up the doors for that firm to gain a new customer: the U.S. SpaceX, which is based in Hawthorne, California, is headed by technology mogul Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.

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Virgin Galactic Gets FAA Launch Permit

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Virgin Galactic said that Mojave-based Scaled Composites was granted the permit from the FAA to launch its suborbital spacecraft, SpaceshiptTwo, from its custom WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft. The firm said that the permit is a "major step" towards bringing its customers to space. Thursday morning.

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Elon Musk's SolarCity Sets IPO Pricing Range

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Southern California entrepreneur Elon Musk has huge success this year, in (literally) getting commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX --based in Hawthorne--off the ground and into space, with a hugely successful set of flights to the International Space Station (ISS).

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OSI Systems Gets $3M Contract

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Hawthorne-based OSI Systems , the developer of specialized electronics products for the security and healthcare industry, reported today that it has won a $3M contract from a New Jersey health system customer. The award went to its healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, for a patient monitoring system.

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OSI Systems Gets $6M Order

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Hawthorne-based electronics systems maker OSI Systems announced this morning that it has received a $6M order for electronic assemblies. No other details on the customer were announced. The firm said the order came from an un-named OEM of gaming terminals for the electronic gaming and lottery industry. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. All three of those customers would use the new platform to send satellites into orbit.

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SpaceX Gets Launch Contract In Asia

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of Elon Musk, said this moring that it has been chosen by Thai satellite company THAICOM Plc. , customer now on its manifest. to launch a new telecommunications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral. The company said the contract is the eighth, non-U.S.

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