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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

2023 hasn't been an easy year to be a startup. In fact, according to Crunchbase more than 212 startups closed their shutters in the third fiscal quarter alone – the highest number recorded in the firm's history. Yet, while many early-stage startups crumbled under the pressure, diamonds also emerged.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Even bigger is the desire to stick one’s middle finger up at all of the people who doubted you all along. ” When Elon Musk set out to build SpaceX he wasn’t greeted with enthusiasm from the space community not used to having a private enterprise challenge the government funded space exploration of NASA.

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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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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The Los Angeles chapter of the Founder Insitute , the startup incubation program run locally by Ken Rutkowski, is gearing up for its Spring Semester, saying that it has added a number of new mentors for the semester. Other mentors to the effort include Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX), Kelly Perdew (Fastpoint Games), Michael Robertson (MP3.com),

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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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DECEMBER 19, 2008

Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the commercial spaceflight startup headed by ex-PayPal founder Elon Musk, has named a new president the firm said this week. SpaceX said that Gwynne Shotwell has been named as President, reporting to Musk.

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DECEMBER 26, 2008

Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight startup headed by former PayPal founder Elon Musk, has scored a contract with NASA that is worth up to $3.1 SpaceX said the contract is initially worth $1.6 billion, with the ability of NASA to extend the contract up to $3.1 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has completed raising $850M in new funding, boosting the valuation of the company to an astounding $74 billion, according to CNBC. The funding--which has not been announced by SpaceX--apparently valued SpaceX at $419.99

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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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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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MARCH 4, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space launch vehicle startup funded by PayPal founder Elon Musk, said Wednesday afternoon that it has hired on a new Vice President of Business Development. According to SpaceX, it has appointed Rob Peckham, former President and General Manager of Sea Launch, to the position. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. generation of startups. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. We have no idea.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Elon Musk , the technology mogul behind SpaceX and Tesla Motors , is gearing up to develop a new startup, to launch its own constellation of satellites to deliver Internet access. Photo of an earlier SpaceX satellite launch. elon musk spacex satellite launch communications constellation' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket startup funded and headed by PayPal founder Elon Musk, racked up its first commercial satellite launch late Monday evening, and delivered a Maylasian satellite into orbit. SpaceX launched its Falcom 1 rocket at 8:35 pm from the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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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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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. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

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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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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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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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2024

And if you spend much time in LA, you’ll quickly realize that we’re in a groundswell of space and defense startups. Is it because SpaceX spearheaded a pool of startup-minded thinkers who are now starting their own businesses? Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Ian on This Week in Startups.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Already a major hub for the space and aerospace startup industry, with companies like SpaceX, Relativity Space, Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab, Phase Four, and others calling Los Angeles home, the new accelerator will provide another booster for LA’s growing startup scene. billion over the last year.

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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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MAY 30, 2012

In another, big step this week for Southern California's startup space vehicle industry, Virgin Galactic , the Sir Richard Branson-backed effort to commercialize sub-orbital flight vehicles for space tourism, said Wednesday that it has been granted an experimental launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Thursday morning.

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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 13, 2011

Southern California's spaceflight industry has come together to enable a new startup, Stratolaunch , backed by Paul G. That vehicle will use a multi-stage booster, developed by SpaceX, the commercial rocket firm of tech mogul Elon Musk, to launch large payloads into space. Allen, the Microsoft billionaire.

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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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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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