Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas

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SpaceX facility rocket launch site spaceport

Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas is SpaceX’s primary private spaceport and development facility for testing and launching next-generation rockets such as Starship.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
SpaceX Starbase	2
Starbase launch site	2
SpaceX Boca Chica facility	1
SpaceX Boca Chica launch site	1
SpaceX South Texas Launch Site	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	SpaceX facility ⓘ rocket launch site ⓘ spaceport ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ surface form: SpaceX Starbase Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ surface form: Starbase launch site
associatedCompanyFounder	Elon Musk ⓘ
coast	Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico coast
constructionStart	mid-2010s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
developsVehicle	Super Heavy booster ⓘ surface form: SpaceX Starship Super Heavy booster ⓘ surface form: SpaceX Super Heavy booster
environmentalOversightBy	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SpaceX South Texas Launch Site
hasFacility	Starship production site ⓘ engine test stands ⓘ ground support equipment area ⓘ high bays for vehicle assembly ⓘ mid bays for vehicle assembly ⓘ
hasRunway	no ⓘ
hasStructure	Orbital Launch Mount ⓘ integration tower ⓘ tank farm ⓘ
launchAzimuth	over Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
launchesVehicle	Super Heavy booster ⓘ surface form: SpaceX Starship Super Heavy booster ⓘ surface form: SpaceX Super Heavy booster
launchPad	Orbital Launch Pad ⓘ Suborbital Pad A ⓘ Suborbital Pad A ⓘ surface form: Suborbital Pad B
launchTrajectory	toward Caribbean and Atlantic ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily	Starship launch system ⓘ
locatedIn	Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ Cameron County, Texas ⓘ Texas ⓘ
locatedNear	Brownsville ⓘ surface form: Brownsville, Texas
locatedOn	Gulf Coast of Texas ⓘ
nearProtectedArea	Boca Chica State Park ⓘ Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
notableFor	first orbital-class Starship test flights ⓘ testing full-scale Starship prototypes ⓘ
operator	SpaceX ⓘ
ownedBy	SpaceX ⓘ
primaryRoleForCompany	SpaceX primary private spaceport for Starship ⓘ Starship development hub ⓘ
primaryUse	Starship development and testing ⓘ Starship launch operations ⓘ orbital-class rocket launches ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority	Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas → alsoKnownAs → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: SpaceX Starbase

Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas → alsoKnownAs → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Starbase launch site

Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas → formerlyKnownAs → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SpaceX South Texas Launch Site

BFR → launchSite → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

SpaceX → launchSite → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

Starhopper → launchSite → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: SpaceX Boca Chica launch site

Starship launch system → launchSite → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

Super Heavy booster → launchSite → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

Brownsville → locatedNear → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: Brownsville, Texas

this entity surface form: SpaceX Starbase

Starhopper → locationAfterRetirement → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: SpaceX Boca Chica facility

Starship → primaryLaunchSite → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

Super Heavy booster → testLocation → Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Starbase launch site