Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressures

The mood was celebratory at the ribbon-cutting for Muon Space’s San Jose, California, manufacturing facility in June. Now, satellite manufacturing is flourishing in Colorado, Florida, Texas and Washington, but it’s also booming in California despite some big name departures. California’s workforce includes 10,000 aerospace engineers and people with expertise in quantum computing, artificial intelligence and semiconductors, Desai said. U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.) signs a solar panel at a Xona Space Systems manufacturing facility in California. Stanford, California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, California Polytechnic State University and University of California campuses supply a constant stream of engineers and entrepreneurs.