Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced an expansion of SpaceX’s launch capacity and processing operations in Florida.
SpaceX plans to construct a new launch and landing infrastructure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The infrastructure will also include a new integration facility offering 40 million cubic feet of vehicle processing space per CBS 12 News. All of these projects are still awaiting environmental approvals.
DeSantis had this to say about the investment in Florida by SpaceX
Florida is the present and future of the space industry with leading space companies—like SpaceX—investing in the Free State of Florida. We welcome SpaceX’s Starship to our State.
While SpaceX’s Vice President of Launch, Kiko Dontchev, said this about the proposed expansion:
SpaceX was founded with the ultimate mission of making humanity multi-planetary, and Starship is the vehicle that will enable us to become a spacefaring civilization. Through this significant expansion of Starship production and launch capabilities in Florida, we’re taking a big step toward achieving this goal, and we are grateful to our partners across the State for their ongoing support.
The overall investment in the facility will be around $1.8 billion and could bring 600 jobs to the Space Coast by 2030.
