🇺🇸 Starbase Launch Site
Boca Chica Pads A + B · Boca Chica, Texas
Starship flights, Super Heavy reuse
Updated 2026-05-27 · Satellite imagery 11/10/2025 · 7/8 milestones verified
Built footprint
75%
Before
NowFirst and most-recent frames from the Sentinel-2 timelapse.
Area
200+ acres (pads + roads)
Capacity
12 Starship flights/yr
Investment
$1.8B+ (launch-side allocation)
Employees
1,800+
Launch Pads
OLM-A (Pad 1, IFT-1 through IFT-11) + OLM-B (Pad 2, operational 2026-05)
Tower
Mechazilla catch tower (Pad 1)
Starbase Launch Site
25.9971° N, 97.1554° W
Satellite timelapse
26 frames · Sentinel-2 + ESRILatest: 2026-05-15 · Source: Sentinel-2 L2A (Copernicus)
Milestones
7/82026-H2
Starship Block 3 cadence ramp across both pads
Upcoming
2025-06
Ship 36 anomaly at Massey's test site
Done
2025-05
OLM-B (Pad 2) launch mount installed
Done
2021-05
SN15 successful landing
Done
2019-08
Starhopper 150m hop
Done
Progress by year
2020–20265%'20
10%'21
20%'22
30%'23
45%'24
60%'25
75%'26
Latest: 75%expanding
Latest news
Aug 25TeslaratiTesla Semi factory is getting a celebration nobody expectedAug 24ElectrekTesla ‘Robotaxi’ sold a 66-minute 2.3-mile ride and left a rider 3 miles from his destinationAug 24ElectrekTesla confirms Cybercab launch coming next weekAug 24ElectrekWatch Tesla FSD v14 Lite drive over a giant log without stoppingAug 24TeslaratiElon Musk just set a condition that could end Falcon 9 as we know itAug 23CleanTechnicaTesla Semi Moves Into Europe & Gets Largest Order To DateAug 22CleanTechnicaChina Tightens Restrictions On Electric Door Handles, Forcing Tesla To Recall 3 Million VehiclesAug 22CleanTechnicaStarlink Is Now The Largest ISP In Zimbabwe By Subscriber Count!Aug 22TeslaratiTesla will launch Cybercab on September 3Aug 20TeslaratiElon Musk gives a timeline for SpaceX’s first Starship catch attempt
Latest signal
r/SpaceXLoungeu/7HellEleven·14h
Terabay to be the first automated assembly line of Starship?
r/SpaceXLoungeu/MuseZack·2d
Falcon 9, Starship, and the future of Vandenberg.
r/SpaceXLoungeu/twinbee·2d
Musk: "Once Starship is flying reliably several times per week, it makes sense to shift super scarce SpaceX engineering and production resources to Starship to get launch rate to several times per day, which means winding down Falcon"
r/SpaceXLoungeu/KnifeKnut·3d
Corrosion Data is another reason to bring Starship 40 back
r/SpaceXLoungeu/avboden·3d
The Starship preparing for our fourteenth flight test completed a full-duration, 60-second static fire with all six Raptor engines
r/SpaceXLoungeu/swordfi2·3d
How SpaceX Manufactures Starship’s Smallest Parts
Hacker NewsMetacelsus·6d
SpaceX tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
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Hacker NewsT-A·6d
Starship arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal
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