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SpaceX Targets European Satellite Market

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk and backed by the Founders Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said today that it has inked a deal with Astrium to provide dedicated launch serviecs to the European institutional small satellite market. READ MORE>>.

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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). Musk's last IPO success was electric car maker Tesla Motors. Musk owns 30.6

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SpaceX Selected By DigitalGlobe For Satellite Constellation

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX has added another satellite customer, DigitalGlobe , to its queue of launch contracts, the two companies said Wednesday morning. DigitalGlobe is a provider of high resolution, earth images, for the government and commercial market. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. why (except widespread interest all year in the achievements of Hawthorne-based SpaceX, and. We have no idea. its launch to the International Space Station).

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SpaceX Boosts EELV Efforts

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight operation run by Elon Musk, reported today that it has named Marv Vander Weg to Vice President of its EELV Customer Office, which appears to be a new office targeted at the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. government's EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle) program. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Sean Broihier, Fine Art America

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myself and two women who do customer service and tech support for me via phone and email. company in Hawthorne which is doing our acrylic prints. We also provide lots of online sales and marketing tools for artists to promote themselves. all of that for more than a 100,000 members. business looks like? the payroll.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

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After five days in Austin for SXSW, I headed to Los Angeles, actually Hawthorne, for Tesla’s Model Y unveiling. And while the market’s reaction was negative, there were folks who noted that the Model Y’s likeness to the 3 meant it was getting serious about selling vehicles. Take bike share.