Tag: Pacific Northwest Economic Region

How the Seattle area became a hotspot for satellite builders — and what comes next

Nov 20, 2019

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starpathwp-production

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SpaceX employees in Redmond, Wash., give a cheer during the countdown to a Falcon 9 rocket launch that put dozens of Redmond-built SpaceX Starlink satellites in orbit on Nov. 11. (SpaceX via YouTube) Seattle may not be the best place to put a launch pad, but the region is turning into one of the most…