Tag: Redmond
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Rocketdyne redux: Seattle area’s oldest rocket factory to get new ownership under old name
Matt Dawson, an engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility in Redmond, Wash., processes a set of MR-80 rocket engines for NASA’s Perseverance rover mission in advance of its launch in 2020. (Aerojet Rocketdyne / L3Harris File Photo) A decades-old rocket factory in Redmond, Wash., is due to be rebranded with a time-honored name: Rocketdyne. If all…
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NASA takes a trip to Seattle area to thank suppliers for work on the next moonshot
NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg faces the TV cameras at L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne facility in Redmond, Wash. An R-4D-11 thruster and a decontamination oven are off to his left. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) REDMOND, Wash. — The first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years is still months away, but NASA is…
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Farewell, Rocket.com: L3Harris completes acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne
Matt Dawson, an engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility in Redmond, Wash., processes a set of MR-80 engines for NASA’s Perseverance rover mission in advance of its 2020 launch. (Aerojet Rocketdyne Photo) Florida-based L3Harris today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, two days after the Federal Trade Commission gave its OK for…
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‘Redmond Space District’ celebrates the Northwest’s hotspot for satellite industry
SpaceX employees in Redmond, Wash., give a cheer during the countdown to a Starlink satellite launch in 2019. Thousands of Starlink satellites have been built in Redmond. (SpaceX via YouTube) REDMOND, Wash. — This Seattle-area suburb has played a role in the space industry for more than a half-century, but the city of Redmond is…
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Xplore reveals its plans to open satellite manufacturing facility in Seattle area
Xplore’s new satellite manufacturing facility is in the Redmond complex that once housed Planetary Resources. (Xplore Photo) Xplore, a Seattle-area startup that aims to build satellites for interplanetary missions, has a new address in Redmond, Wash. — in the same office complex that once housed the Planetary Resources asteroid-mining venture. “Xplore’s 22,000-square-foot facility is tailor-made…
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SpaceX leases new 125,000-square-foot complex in Seattle area as Starlink satellite operation grows
An artist’s conception shows one of the buildings currently under construction at Redmond Ridge Business Park. (Illustration via Kidder Mathews) SpaceX is leasing a 124,907-square-foot building complex that’s under construction in Redmond Ridge Business Park, east of Seattle, according to the latest industrial real estate market report from Kidder Mathews. Kidder Mathews, which listed the…
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How the Seattle area became a hotspot for satellite builders — and what comes next
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…
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SpaceX reorganizes Starlink satellite operation, reportedly with high-level firings
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, sending the first two Starlink demonstration satellites into orbit. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX says it has reorganized its satellite development operation in Redmond, Wash., to accelerate design and testing of the elements for its planned satellite broadband constellation — and high-level departures…
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Seattle space leaders make their pitch to lawmakers for a new rocket test facility
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash, get a tour of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s campus in Redmond, Wash., from the facility’s general manager, Ken Young. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) REDMOND, Wash. — One of Congress’ leading Democrats, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, met with leaders of the Seattle area’s space community today…