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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecrafts. It develops the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The company was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

Minerva Project, Inc. provides educational services. It offers different types of academic programs. The company was founded by Ben Nelson in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Coventor, Inc. provides 3D micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) simulation, analysis, and design automation software. It offers MEMS+ to develop products to combine traditional ICs with MEMS devices; provide an integrated systems-to-silicon MEMS+IC design flow to collaborate MEMS designers, systems architects, and IC designers for working; and allow MEMS designers to work in a 3D environment that suits its needs, as well as deliver parameterized behavioral models that are compatible with the design and simulation environment required by IC designers and system architects. The company was founded by John R. Gilbert and Michael J. Jamiolkowsk in 1996 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Microcosm, Inc. designs spacecraft orbit control systems and space related software. It provides low cost access to space and low-cost operations in space. The firm is internationally recognized for its innovations in space mission engineering; guidance, navigation, and control and the development of technologies and methods to substantially reduce space mission costs. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

The Aerospace Corp. provides information on launch vehicles, satellite systems, ground control systems, and space technology. It operates a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the United States Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. The firm also provides independent technical and scientific research, development, and advisory services to national-security space programs. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.