FALCON USER’S GUIDE HEADQUARTERS—HAWTHORNE, CA SpaceX headquarters (Figure 6-9) are conveniently located in Hawthorne, CA, a few miles inland from Los Angeles International Airport. The design and manufacturing facility spans more than 1.5 million square feet and ranks among the largest manufacturing facilities in California; two complete Falcon 9s can fit end-to-end along the short length of the building. Facilities include multiple Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy manufacturing stations, fairing production and integration stations, nine stations for final assembly of the Merlin engine, and Dragon spacecraft production areas. Figure 6-9: SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California ROCKET DEVELOPMENT FACILITY—MCGREGOR, TX Structural and propulsion testing are performed at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas (Figure 6-10). Conveniently located two hours from both Austin and Dallas, the site is staffed with test engineers, technicians and management personnel. Figure 6-10: SpaceX Texas test facility and test operations GOVERNMENT OUTREACH AND LEGAL AFFAIRS—WASHINGTON, DC SpaceX’s government outreach and licensing team is located in Washington, DC. © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. All rights reserved. 47