It's been known that Starship would eventually launch from Florida, but now SpaceX is saying it may happen as early as the end of this year — as SpaceX ambitiously confirmed they are pushing to launch from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A by the end of 2025.
SpaceX announced Monday its plans to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center later this year while building out more than $1.8 billion in infrastructure in Florida to support two launch sites.
SpaceX plans to invest at least $1.8 billion in new infrastructure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A new facility called a Gigabay, which stands at some 380 feet tall,
Orlando International Airport officials announced they were briefly under a Federal Aviation Administration "ground stop" because of space launch debris.
Reporter Nick Gibson is in Orlando, Florida, this week to report on Anne McClain's and NASA's SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Follow along in print and online at spokesman.com/sections/return-to-space.