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SpaceX is spending $100bn on a second Starbase, on an old Exxon site in Louisiana

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SpaceX is constructing a second “Starbase” launch complex in Louisiana, situated on a former Exxon site. The project is budgeted at roughly $100 billion and is designed to support thousands of launches each year. The new spaceport will expand the company’s launch capacity beyond its existing Texas facility.

Written from all 5 reports below, not from any single one.

How it was reported

  1. Hacker News·
    SpaceX – Starbase, LA
  2. Ars Technica·
    SpaceX intends to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport

    SpaceX will invest up to $100 billion to build Starship manufacturing plants, launch towers and supporting infrastructure on a Gulf-coast parcel in Louisiana, mirroring its Texas Starbase. The “Starbase Louisiana” complex will include on-site methane propellant production, power generation, deep-water shipping, vehicle processing facilities and an airport.

  3. TechCrunch·
    SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana

    SpaceX will build a second Starship launch site on a former Exxon property in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, investing $100 billion with construction starting in 2027 and first launch projected for 2029. The new Starbase will include propellant production, power generation, deep-water shipping, vehicle processing, and an airport, and is expected to create 3,000 direct jobs over ten years and peak construction employment of 30,000.

  4. The Next Web·
    SpaceX plans a $100B spaceport built for thousands of launches a year

    SpaceX will invest up to $100 billion to build a launch complex in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, designed to handle thousands of Starship launches per year and create roughly 10,000 jobs. The project includes a coastal-restoration partnership, while Europe’s launch capacity remains limited to nine-ten Ariane 6 flights annually.

  5. Engadget·
    SpaceX is building a $100 billion 'Starbase' launch site in Louisiana

    SpaceX will construct a 125,000-acre “Starbase” launch complex on Louisiana’s Pecan Island, featuring five launch complexes each with two pads, a propellant production plant, power generation, vehicle processing facilities, and employee housing. The site aims to support thousands of annual Starship flights to orbit, the Moon, Mars and polar data-satellite missions, with construction starting in 2027 and the first launch slated for 2029.

  6. The Next Web·
    SpaceX is spending $100bn on a second Starbase, on an old Exxon site in Louisiana

    SpaceX will spend $100 billion to create a self-sustaining second Starbase on a former Exxon site in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, featuring on-site propellant production, power generation, deep-water shipping, vehicle processing and an airport. Construction begins in 2027, with the first Starship launch targeted for 2029. Louisiana projects 3,000 direct jobs over ten years and a peak of more than 30,000 construction positions. The venture requires federal environmental approvals and must mitigate coastal erosion and wildlife impacts in Gulf Coast wetlands.

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