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Even as the commercial space sector grows quickly in the United States as well as in Europe, China, Japan, India and other countries, Russia continues to lack a robust approach to advancing in this area. The Russian government has for years been declaring an interest in developing space startups (NTI News, July 30, 2019; Roscosmos, January 9, 2021). The main …
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SpaceX in deal for facility in Port of Long Beach Apr. 28, 2021 at 1:00 pm SpaceX is in a deal to use a marine terminal in the Port of Long Beach for West Coast rocket recovery operations. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a new sublease agreement with Elon Musk’s space launch company on Monday. SpaceX will take over a wharf that was vacated in February 2020 by Sea Launch, a company that sailed a self-propelled ocean-going launch platform and a command ship to the equator for satellite launches. Sea Launch kept the vessels at Long Beach between launches. Hawthorne, Calif...
- ADVERTISEMENT - Company officials could not immediately be reached. SpaceX approached port staff several months ago, and the deal came together rather quickly, Director Mario Cordero said in an interview. “We’re honored, as our signage says, to be the ‘port of choice’ for SpaceX,” Cordero said. “We look forward to a collaborative relationship with them.” The company will occupy a facility at Pier T beginning May 1, which will house the company’s West Coast launch vehicle recovery operations. The Port of Long Beach said in a statement that the company would take over a waterf...
Print After striking a deal to lease space at the Port of Los Angeles and then scrapping that plan — twice — SpaceX has a new deal: to use a waterfront facility at the Port of Long Beach for the recovery of its rocket boosters. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved the Hawthorne company’s use of a 6½-acre marine terminal, according to a statement from the Port of Long Beach. The site is to be used to dock the vessels that ferry used SpaceX first-stage rocket boosters to shore and offload equipment. SpaceX is set to take over the site Saturday.