Global Timeline
All milestones across 16 sites — past and projected.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS BY YEAR
Full 68-mile network target
Phase 2 complete
Production start (target)
Volume production target
Full-scale manufacturing
Launch: Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
Launch: NROL-172
Site selection & environmental review
PRIME study expands to 8+ implanted patients
Musk announces Terafab launch
Massive expansion plans filed
Grok-4 training begins
Structural steel phase
Rapid cadence launches begin
Cleanroom installation
Pilot fab site prep begins
AI5 small-batch production
Phase 3 expansion complete
4680 cell mass production
Refreshed Model Y ramp
Starship Block 2 flights
Starship launch tower at 39A
SLC-6 Starship pad construction
Phase 3: 1M GPU target
10-patient expanded trial
Pilot production line
Strip segment Phase 1 open
Megapack production ramp
Phase 2 construction started
Falcon 9 fleet: 20+ boosters
Solar Roof v4 line install
Foundation work begins
Strip tunnel boring begins
Phase 2: 200K GPUs operational
Cybercab pilot line
Expansion approved
Model S/X end of production
Starship reuse demonstrated
Pad turnaround under 48hrs
Buildout begins
Rapid reuse: same pad, 5 days
Site prep & grading
Supercharger V4 prod
Third patient implanted
Grok-3 trained on Colossus
Megafactory complete (7mo)
Austin facility announced
4680 pilot line operational
Semi production ramp
City-wide expansion approved (68mi)
Refreshed Model 3 US prod
Mechazilla booster catch (IFT-5)
Phase 1: 100K H100s online (122 days build)
Permits approved
Memphis site announced
Megafactory ground broken
Arson attack / recovery
300th Falcon 9 flight
First human implant (Noland Arbaugh)
SpaceX hits 96 Falcon launches in 2023 (all pads)
30+ polar launches in year
Cybertruck production start
5K/week milestone
Resorts World station opens
Supercharger production scaled (started 2020)
FDA human trial approval
First orbital attempt (IFT-1)
Location announced
$3.6B expansion announced
First deliveries (Model Y)
First deliveries
Export hub established
LVCC Loop opens (1.7mi)
SN15 successful landing
Main structure complete
Live pig demo (Gertrude)
Site clearing began
First crewed Dragon flight
Construction began
Model Y production
First deliveries
Solar Roof v3
Starhopper 150m hop
Groundbreaking
First booster landing at SLC-4
Production began
Model 3 production begins
Neuralink founded
LC-39A operational
2170 cell production
Grand opening
First orbital booster landing
Groundbreaking
LC-39A lease signed (NASA)
First Falcon 9 from Vandenberg
First Model S delivered
Falcon 9 first flight from SLC-40
Tesla acquires NUMMI plant
Falcon 1 reaches orbit
SpaceX founded