Located at Boca Chica, near Brownsville, Texas, United States, and adjacent to South Padre Island, Texas, Starbase has been under near-continuous development since the late 2010s, and comprises a spaceport near the Gulf of Mexico, a production facility at Boca Chica Village, and a test site along Texas State Highway 4.

SpaceX applied to the FAA to modify its existing vehicle operator license for the operation of the Starship/Super Heavy launch vehicle from its existing Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas.

Jan 15, 2025 · The Starship-Super Heavy launch from Boca Chica/Starbase scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until Thursday. SpaceX gave no reason for the delay. …

Dec 18, 2024 · BOCA CHICA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Federal Aviation Administration has granted SpaceX approval to launch multiple missions of the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle on the Flight 7 mission profile...

Jan 16, 2025 · SpaceX’s fully integrated Starship rocket stands at Launch Tower 1 at the Starbased facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, ahead of the launch of the Flight 7 mission.

Oct 13, 2024 · BOCA CHICA, Texas – SpaceX delivered on its promise of another "exciting" test of its Starship spaceship in South Texas on Sunday as Elon Musk's company caught a 230-foot rocket booster with massive chopsticks from the same launch tower where it …

Jan 16, 2025 · Telemetry from the Starship froze just more than 8 minutes after launch from Texas, moments after engines began shutting down.

The FAA is evaluating SpaceX’s proposal to increase the number of launches and landings per year (cadence) of the Starship/Super Heavy launch vehicle at its Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas.

Jan 17, 2025 · The Starship system had lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, at 17:38 EST (22:38 GMT) in the company's seventh test mission. The Starship upper stage separated from its Super Heavy booster nearly ...

Oct 13, 2024 · Starship lifts off Sunday from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. A contrail seen from Port Isabel after Starship lifted off early Sunday. This image provided by SpaceX...