SpaceX plans to invest at least USD100 billion in a new spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast designed to support thousands of Starship flights a year.
The company said Starbase, Louisiana will include more than a dozen launch towers, propellant production, power generation, deep-water shipping facilities, vehicle processing facilities and an airport. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the site will eventually be capable of supporting more than 30 Starship flights a day.
Construction is expected to begin by the end of 2027, with the first launch targeted as early as 2029, according to Louisiana economic development officials cited by CNN.
The planned site will be located on about 125,000 acres in Vermilion Parish. SpaceX said it will preserve large portions of the site as wetlands and wildlife habitat.
The scale of the planned operation is intended to support the rapid expansion of Starship, which SpaceX says is designed for fully reusable missions carrying crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX said the project will create more than 3,000 jobs.
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