plus 115 in Long Beach and 144 in El Segundo. Dozens of other layoffs, many of them labeled “virtual” by Boeing, stretch from Northern California to the Inland Empire and south to San Diego.

Late last year, Boeing employee Craig Garriott says a 4-ton satellite inside an El Segundo plant fell after engineers failed ...

But few industry analysts think Boeing will put its extensive El Segundo satellite operations ... possibly because the price is too high, said Laura Forczyk, executive director of space industry ...