4 ROCKETS, LABS AND INDUSTRY / HAWTHORNE
SpaceX Hawthorne factory
An old Northrop jumbo-jet plant now building Falcon rockets. A three-story former aircraft plant where SpaceX builds engines, rockets and capsules under one roof and runs mission control, two miles from El Segundo; it was the company HQ until 2024.
The facts
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| Where | Rocket Road, next to Hawthorne Municipal Airport, Hawthorne |
|---|---|
| Built | Unavailable |
| Architect or builder | Unavailable |
| Kind | Rockets, labs and industry |
| Status | standing |
| Visiting | exterior only |
| From El Segundo City Hall | 5 miles, straight line |
| Coordinates | 33.9207, -118.328 (approximate) |
What the sources say
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- The building was put up by Northrop to make Boeing 747 fuselage sections.
originally constructed by Northrop Corporation to manufacture Boeing 747 fuselage sections
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It houses offices, mission control and Falcon 9 manufacturing.
houses office space, mission control, and Falcon 9 manufacturing operations
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It sits beside Hawthorne's general aviation airport.
next to the general aviation airport in Hawthorne, California.
AOPA Pilot ↗ reported - SpaceX officially moved its headquarters to Brownsville, Texas, in August 2024.
The headquarters officially moved to Brownsville, Texas in August 2024.
Wikipedia ↗ reported
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SpaceX Hawthorne factory. elsegundo.xyz Architecture, checked Nov 3, 2026. https://elsegundo.xyz/architecture/spacex-hawthorne/
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