SpaceX Acquires Swarm Technologies
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, which designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things services.
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Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
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 Plants Long Term Roots In LA
socalTECH
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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SpaceX Successfully Launches, Lands New Rocket Design
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MAY 14, 2018
Hawhorne-based SpaceX , the rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, successfully launched and landed a brand new rocket design on Friday, while successfully delivering a satellite into orbit for Bangladesh. SpaceX put its new Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket into space from Cape Canaveral at 4:14 p.m.
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Canadian Satellite
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched a satellite into space for a Canadian company, as part of a demonstration flight Sunday. SpaceX launched CASSIOPE, a small satellite for the Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler. spaceflight flight nasa launch space satellite canada cassiope spacex' PDT Sunday morning. READ MORE>>.
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SpaceX: Analyzing Two Cracks Ahead Of Launch
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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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SpaceX Gets For Another Reuse Milestone
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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. According to a SpaceX official, the company is about to relaunch one of its boosters for the third time.
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SpaceX Authorized To Launch Massive, 7,518 Satellite Constellation
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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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Elon Musk Unveils Hyperloop, A New Vision For Transportation
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AUGUST 12, 2013
Not one to be shy about grand visions, technology mogul Elon Musk unveiled his plans this afternoon for Hyperloop , a system for transporting people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in mere minutes, using aluminum pods which are sent at speeds of up to 800 miles per hour between the cities. READ MORE>>.
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245 SpaceX Aims For Falcon Heavy Launch On February 6th
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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. Image: The Falcon Heavy on its launch pad in Florida.
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SpaceX Rolls Out Space Vehicle
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NOVEMBER 3, 2008
Hawthorne-based Space eXploration Technologies (SpaceX), the rocket firm backed by Elon Musk, said Monday that the firm has introduced a new, reusable spacecraft as part of its set of products. SpaceX said the new product is aimed at providing a platform for in-space experimentation, both in a pressurized and unpressurized environment.
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AECOM To Build Hyperloop Test Track For SpaceX
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JANUARY 26, 2016
A big Los Angeles area construction and engineering firm, AECOM , said Tuesday that it has been selected to build the first, Hyperloop test track, for a competition being run by Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The size of the contract was not announced.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns From ISS, Heads To Long Beach
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MAY 12, 2016
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, designed and launched by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , successfully returned to earth on Wednesday, splashing down 261 miles southwest of Long Beach with more than 3,700 pounds of cargo. EDT with NASA cargo and science and technology samples from the International Space Station.
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100 Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Publishes Industry Safety Guidelines
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JULY 15, 2020
Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of the local developers of high tech, futuristic "hyperloop" transportation systems, says it has helpeds to publish the industry's first set of safety guidelines. READ MORE>>.
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Dreaming of Mars, the startup Relativity Space gets its first launch site on Earth
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 17, 2019
Noone had gone on to take a job at SpaceX and Ellis at Blue Origin, but the two remained in touch and had an idea for building rockets quickly and cheaply — with the vision that they wanted to eventually build these rockets on Mars. “It’s always been the case that we’re developing our own metal 3D printing technology.
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217 Elon Musk: Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10th
socalTECH
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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Elon Musk To Unveil Hyperloop This Afternoon
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AUGUST 12, 2013
Musk said he will unveil the design for Hyperloop at 1:30pm today (Monday), showing off his brand new transportation system which he has previously described as a "cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table." hyperloop elon musk tube transportation technology science dream' Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.
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157 JumpStartFund Names Hyperloop Effort
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OCTOBER 31, 2013
JumpStartFund--which is based in El Segundo--said its community has voted to name the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , and also has tapped into ANSYS, GloCal Network Corporation, and UCLA"s Architecture and Urban Design program SUPRASTUDIO to work on the effort. READ MORE>>.
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124 Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity Space chief technology officer Jordan Noone next to one of the company’s 3-D printers. “These guys have built the world’s largest 3-D printer.”
Relativity Inks Deal For Canaveral Launch Site
socalTECH
JANUARY 17, 2019
Los Angeles-based Relativity , a space launch startup which is developing automation technology designed to automate construction of rockets, said on Thursday that it has signed a deal for a launch site at Cape Canaveral. Relativity is venture backed by Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, Phillip Spector, and Mark Cuban.
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SoCal's Space Industry Powers New Space Startup: Stratolaunch
socalTECH
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.
NASA Curiosity Lands On Mars
socalTECH
AUGUST 6, 2012
The rover was designed, developed, and assembled at JPL, which is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The successful landing adds to an already resurging space industry in Southern California, which has seen a big upswing in space-related technology in the past few years.
ViaSat-2 Launched Into Orbit
socalTECH
JUNE 5, 2017
Carlsbad-based ViaSat , which provides broadband services and technology, successfully had its newest satellite, the ViaSat-2, delivered into orbit last week, from Kourou, French Guiana. ViaSat said its ViaSat-2 satellite was carried board an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle on its launch on Thursday. READ MORE>>.
HyperloopTT Wins Planning Deal In Ukraine
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JUNE 15, 2018
Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , the transportation systems developer led by Dirk Ahlborn, said on Thursday that it has inked a deal with the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, to plan a commercial Hyperloop system in that country. Financial impact of that deal was not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Private tech companies mobilize to address shortages for medical supplies, masks and sanitizer
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 26, 2020
While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images).
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8 Ways New Venture Founders Create Whole New Markets
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 16, 2021
This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Great entrepreneurs remember that great design motivates and excites customers, often even more than function.
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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2017
He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City. Are you kidding me? And this is true. LA has only just begun.
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191 Teledyne Launches Earth Imaging Sensor To ISS
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JULY 2, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies Incorporated said today that it has successfully launched an earth imaging sensor to the International Space Station (ISS), on last week's SpaceX Falcon 9 delivery run to the ISS.
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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.
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376 Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop
Tech.Co
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Since that time the speed at which companies have developed both technologically and from a business perspective has been nearly as staggering as the 760 mph system itself. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies collaborates with over 800 field experts from around the world.
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90 All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really.
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6 Sources Of Purpose To Drive Business Success Today
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 8, 2022
Many technologists have a passion for a new technology, but only a few are able to communicate the value in terms of future impact on society. Elon Musk , for example, has been able to achieve SpaceX success largely by tying efforts to the future of mankind in their travels to other planets.
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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024
Tech.Co
DECEMBER 29, 2023
The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX. Vibrant Planet Vibrant Planet is a data-driven science and cloud-based solution designed to support restoration efforts.
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Catching Up With Mike Giardello, President of Innovate Pasadena
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. For example, Orange County with medical devices.
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100 Bold Entrepreneurs Now Create New Market Categories
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 29, 2016
Customers are acclimating to change faster than ever before, technology is evolving very rapidly, all markets are instantly global, and the cost of entry is lower than ever. Overtly design the ecosystem as well as product. You can sell vision before you have a product, and the vision will make you the category king, and keep you there.
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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons
InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
” – Elon Musk, Founder Tesla Motors and SpaceX. MBA’s are trained to design, organize and manage such large-scale, complicated operations. MBA programs don’t teach people how to create companies … our position is that we hire someone in spite of an MBA, not because of one.”
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Free Yourself at the UnCubed Startup Job Festival
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 20, 2013
Talent needs often range from engineers, UX/UI designers, biz dev, marketing/pr, project managers and community managers. technology sector. Companies like Fullscreen, Honest Company, Subblime, Daqri, Factual and SpaceX will be attendance amongst others. Their next stop is UnCubed Los Angeles on January 31, 2013.
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How Event Farm Is Making Events A Part Of Your Sales Funnel
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 14, 2016
We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. Our clients are large, Fortune 1000 companies, like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Nike, JP Morgan, Lamborghini, and SpaceX.
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100 7 Entrepreneur Attributes You Need To Lead The Market
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 21, 2016
Investors reverently call this the ability to “see around the next technology corner,” and fight for a place in line to put their money down. Elon Musk seems to be highest on this list these days, with his record-setting order rate on the new Tesla Model 3 all-electric car, and well as groundbreaking progress on SpaceX and SolarCity.
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56 SpaceX Hails Astronaut Milestone
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OCTOBER 20, 2011
Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies , the commercial rocket firm headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, said today that it has completed a major milestone in its efforts to fly astronauts to the International Space Station. READ MORE>>.
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164 Reflections On 2017: Krisztina 'Z' Holly, MAKE IT IN LA
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DECEMBER 29, 2017
During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. And I'm especially proud to have received our 501(c)(3) charitable designation from the I.R.S.
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