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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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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX said Tuesday that it is analyzing two small cracks at the end of its 2nd stage, engine nozzle extension, as it decides whether or not it will attempt a launch on Wednesday. SpaceX is the commercial rocket firm backed and headed by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hawthorne-based space launch provider SpaceX , led by technology mogul Elon Musk, has just been given permission to launch a massive, 7,518 satellites into space, designed to provide saturated broadband communications across the globe.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The first, high tech test tunnel built by LA's The Boring Company , bored between the SpaceX parking lot and a home in Hawthorne, California, is almost complete, and will open to the public on December 10th, according to Boring Company and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to reach another milestone in its development of space exploration technology, which is to push the reuse of its rockets even further. SpaceX's latest design, the Falcon 9 Block 5, is designed for nearly continuous reuse with a minimal amount of reconditioning on each rocket.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

According to Stratolaunch today, it is leveraging technology from both Mojave-based Scaled Composites , and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies to create a new, air-launch system to provide orbital access to space.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, is aiming at its first launch of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for February 6th. SpaceX conducted a static firing test on the new rocket design last week.

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