DeepTech / OtherGreater Los Angeles

Reflect Orbital

DeepTech / Other · Hawthorne, CA

Reflect Orbital received FCC authorization to launch Eärendil-1, a mirror satellite designed to reflect sunlight and illuminate Earth at night, despite opposition from the European Southern Observatory citing threats to optical astronomy.

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Greater Los Angeles

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About Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a sprawling basin with no single center, home to Hollywood but also, less visibly, to one of the country's largest historic concentrations of aerospace employment — Douglas, Lockheed, and Caltech's JPL all built deep engineering talent there before the "entertainment capital" label took over. USC, UCLA, and Caltech all anchor different corners of that same base, and the render-and-storage infrastructure behind modern film and media is a direct descendant of both industries.

Region Stats

Total firms 92

VC / investors 37

Companies 43

Schools 12

Known For

Hollywood

Filmtech

Render & Storage