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> Interestingly, some of these geofences do not seem to have a clear connection to SpaceX. While we will not disclose these locations here, I will say that the
by ovi256 5y ago
> Interestingly, some of these geofences do not seem to have a clear connection to SpaceX. While we will not disclose these locations here, I will say that the SNOW_RANCH looks like a nice location to play with development hardware.
Most likely these are testing locations. Possibly even second homes of testers & engineers. After all, this is a product that has very different operating parameters depending on location.
- tyingq 5y agoThere's a "Snow Ranch" that is a working cattle ranch near Stockton California, where the owners allow model rocket launches. http://www.lunar.org/events.shtml http://www.lunar.org/events.shtml I wonder if that's what he's alluding to. I don't see an explicit connection to SpaceX, but it seems to fit.
- kijiki 5y agoI haven't been to snow ranch in years, but early Spacex investor Steve Jurvetson was a regular at the high power amateur rocket launches there. Probably other Spacex folks there as well. Launches have all been shutdown for COVID reasons, and even before that, not infrequently cancelled due to fire risk.