Weekly News · Issue 14 · Week of Oct 5, 2026
Long Beach had the loudest week in SoCal aerospace
Halcyon's full-duration hot-fire moves Vireo to stage qualification, and the engineer behind it just arrived from Meridian.
Spotlight
Halcyon's engine goes the distance [Test stand footage · via Halcyon]
The HX-1 ran for a full mission-length burn at Halcyon's Long Beach test stand, the last big engine milestone before Vireo starts stage qualification next month. It also lands three weeks after Dana Reyes arrived from Meridian to run propulsion.
This week's news
Weekly News · Issue 14Milestones, moves and what's coming up · 6 pages PDF Previous News Reports
13 issues · scroll #13 Mojave's busiest month Sep 28 #12 The El Segundo hiring wave Sep 21 #11 Three slips and a static fire Sep 14 #10 Hawthorne goes reusable Sep 7 #9 A quiet week at the test stands Aug 31 #8 Torrance lands the big contract Aug 24 #7 Satellite season in El Segundo Aug 17 #6 Two first flights, one scrub Aug 10 #5 Burbank bets on refueling Aug 3 #4 The robotics startups arrive Jul 27 #3 Mojave fires up Jul 20 #2 Who is hiring propulsion engineers Jul 13 #1 Issue one: the SoCal launch map Jul 6