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Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Truth or Consequences. [1]
During 2011–2014, SpaceX considered as many as seven potential locations around the country for a new private launch facility for orbital flights, including Alaska, California, Florida, [38] Texas, Virginia, [39] Georgia, [40] and Puerto Rico. [41]
SpaceX Starbase Spaceport, Boca Chica, Texas: 2018– ~10 ~5,000,000 kg Orbital Site originally planned for Falcon rockets, now used exclusively by SpaceX for Starship/SuperHeavy testing and launching. United States
That move mirrors SpaceX's evolution. Its first location in L.A. County was in El Segundo, but as it grew it moved in 2007 into an old Northrop site in Hawthorne that had been converted into a ...
SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, ... (113 kilometers) west of Key West. To celebrate the new location, SpaceX employees brought a big, green turtle balloon to Mission ...
Jun. 21—According to numbers provided to Cameron County by SpaceX, the company's Starbase rocket production and testing complex at Boca Chica is having a big economic impact, generating more ...
SpaceX's Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever flown, with a payload capacity of 100+ tons. [102] [103] Construction of initial prototypes and tests for Starship started in early 2019 in Florida and Texas. All Starship construction and testing moved to the new SpaceX South Texas launch site later that year.
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is a non-governmental panel, appointed by the Governor of New Mexico, whose members represent the public sector in the development and construction of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.