SpaceX to Invest $1.8 Billion in Florida for Starship Program Expansion Written 5 March 2025
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Credit: NASA
Reuters reports, “SpaceX is planning to invest at least $1.8 billion to build new Starship launchpads and processing facilities on Florida’s Space Coast, eyeing a key expansion for the rocket program beyond Texas amid pending environmental reviews, according to the state’s governor. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been looking to build new Starship launchpads near its primary launch sites in Florida, as it works in Texas on early development and testing of the next-generation rocket designed to loft bigger loads of satellites into space and put humans on the moon later this decade.”
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