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| Attribute | Starbase Boca Chica 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | SpaceX | New Mexico Spaceport Authority | NASA |
| Ownership | Private | Public-Private | Government |
| Region | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | 1 (Orbital Launch Mount A); second pad under constructionas of [1] | — | 2 active (LC-39A, LC-39B)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 6–8 IFTs (2025 rate target)as of [2]IFT-1 through IFT-7 conducted 2023–2025; production cadence increasing ↑ Most active | 5-10 | ~40as of [1]Combined NASA + SpaceX cadence from LC-39A and LC-39B |
| Max payload (LEO) | 100,000+ kg to LEO (Starship target, fully reusable)as of [1]150,000 kg expendable; fully reusable figure TBC pending HLS missions ↑ Highest capacity | — | 63,800 kg to LEO (Falcon Heavy expendable)as of [2] |
| First operational launch | 2023-04-20as of [1]Starship IFT-1 — first integrated flight test; vehicle lost at stage separation | 2011 | 1967-11-09as of [1]SA-501 Apollo 4 — first Saturn V launch from LC-39A |
| Regulatory regime | FAA-AST Part 450 vehicle operator license + site-specific Environmental Assessment / PEA | FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License (vertical + horizontal) | NASA range safety + FAA-AST Part 450 for commercial users; co-managed with Eastern Range |
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