spacetoday.net: SpaceX announces Louisiana launch site for Starship

Posted: Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 8:12 PM ET (0012 GMT)
SpaceX revealed plans Tuesday to build a massive new Starship launch site in Louisiana. The company and state officials announced Starbase Louisiana, a facility that will ultimately include 10 launch pads for Starship and associated infrastructure. SpaceX pledged to spend $100 billion to develop the site, but did not disclose details about how that money would be spent or over what timeframe. That investment would be far larger than the $15 billion SpaceX said earlier this year it spent on overall Starship development to date. Starbase Louisiana will be located on 125,000 acres in Vermilion Parish, on the Gulf Coast south of Lafayette. The announcement came the same day SpaceX said it is ending Falcon 9 launches of Starlink satellites from Florida. The company will continue to use Falcon 9 for Starlink in launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, but future Starlink launches from Florida will use Starship.