Starbase

Extracted Attributes

• State

  Texas

• County

  Cameron County

• Country

  United States

• Population

  500 residents (as of 2025)

• Coordinates

  25.9914611 N, -97.1829783 W

• Former Names

  Boca Chica Village, Kennedy Shores, Kopernik Shores

• Incorporation Date

  2025-05-20

• Primary Industrial Activity

  SpaceX rocket manufacturing, testing, and orbital launch facilities

Timeline

• Settlement initially founded as Kennedy Shores by Chicago property developer John Caputa. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1967-01-01

• SpaceX officially selects the Boca Chica site near Brownsville, Texas, for its launch control facility. (Source: starbase.texas.gov)

  2014-08-01

• Flight testing and ground testing of SpaceX prototype rocket vehicles and engines begin. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-01-01

• Elon Musk announces plans to incorporate the Boca Chica area as a new city named Starbase. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-03-01

• SpaceX files an official petition to Cameron County authorities to incorporate Starbase as a city. (Source: SpaceX Starbase Wikipedia)

  2024-12-12

• Cameron County judge orders a municipal election on the incorporation petition for May 3, 2025. (Source: SpaceX Starbase Wikipedia)

  2025-02-13

• Voters approve the municipal ballot measure incorporating the new city of Starbase, Texas. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-05-03

• Formal incorporation of Starbase, Texas, takes effect. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-05-20

Starbase, Texas

Starbase, formerly Boca Chica Village or Kopernik Shores, is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States, near the mouth of the Rio Grande and immediately adjacent to the Mexico - United States border. It lies 20 miles (32 km) east of the City of Brownsville on the Boca Chica peninsula, and forms part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. It is situated on State Highway 4 (SH 4, Boca Chica Boulevard), immediately south of the South Bay lagoon, and is located about 2 mi (3.2 km) north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. The population was 500 as of 2025. The town was initially formed in the late 1960s, and has changed greatly since 2018 as SpaceX came to purchase many of the village properties. Numerous construction projects are underway including a community center, school, clinic, and additional housing. In 2014, the village was chosen as the location for the construction of a control facility for the SpaceX South Texas launch site, while the launch site itself was slated to be built just 2 miles (3.2 km) farther east, adjacent to Boca Chica State Park on the Texas Gulf Coast. Flight testing—and even more frequent ground testing—of prototype rocket vehicles and rocket engines began in 2019 and have continued into 2026. When SpaceX's Starbase launch and testing facilities were established it made the city experience more rapid economic and industrial development. It was able to bring the city investments, more tourism, and more employment opportunities for residents, but it has also created debate about environmental conservation, land use, worries from homeowners, and the effect of commercial spaceflight on the communities that are around it. In March 2021, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced plans to incorporate a new city to be called Starbase in the area. The city was planned to include the existing Boca Chica Village, the SpaceX test site and launch site, and more of the surrounding Boca Chica area. SpaceX submitted a petition in 2024 to Cameron County to formally incorporate the city of Starbase, which voters approved on May 3, 2025, through a municipal ballot measure. Formal incorporation occurred on May 20, 2025.

Web Search Results

• SpaceX Starbase

  SpaceX Starbase, previously known as SpaceX South Texas Launch Site and SpaceX private launch site, is an industrial complex and rocket launch facility that serves as the main testing and production location for Starship launch vehicles, as well as the headquarters of the American space technology company SpaceX. Located in Starbase, Texas, United States, and adjacent to South Padre Island, Texas, Starbase has been under near-continuous development since the late 2010s, and comprises a spaceport near the Gulf of Mexico, a production facility, and a test site along Texas State Highway 4. [...] On December 12, 2024, SpaceX filed an official request to Cameron County authorities to have an area that includes the site incorporated as a new city, named Starbase. On February 13, 2025, Cameron County judge Eddie Treviño ordered an election on the incorporation petition to be held on May 3. Voters approved incorporating the new city as Starbase, Texas on May 3, 2025. Starbase, Texas, is the first new city in Cameron County since the incorporation of Los Indios in 1995. ## History [edit] Private discussions between SpaceX and state officials about a private launch site began at least as early as 2011. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mentioned interest in a private launch site for their commercial launches in a September 2011 speech. [...] ### Animal conservation [edit] Environmental groups warned that the program threatens wildlife in the area, including 18 vulnerable and endangered species. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) said that Starbase is "surrounded by state parks and national wildlife refuge lands" and include "important habitats for imperiled wildlife" including the critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea-turtle, raising concerns about the impact of Starbase's activities to these habitats and endangered species within.

• Starbase, Texas - Wikipedia

  Starbase, formerly Boca Chica Village or Kopernik Shores, is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States, near the mouth of the Rio Grande and immediately adjacent to the Mexico - United States border. It lies 20 miles (32 km) east of the City of Brownsville on the Boca Chica "Boca Chica (Texas)") peninsula, and forms part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. It is situated on State Highway 4 (SH 4, Boca Chica Boulevard), immediately south of the South Bay "South Bay (Texas)") lagoon, and is located about 2 mi (3.2 km) north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. The population was 500 as of 2025. [...] In May 2024, Cameron County submitted a formal proposal to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, to rename the Village from Kopernik Shores (still its official name for federal purposes, despite having fallen out of common use) to Starbase, which was publicly posted on their website in July 2024. At the May 2024 meeting of the Board's Domestic Names Committee, doubts were expressed over whether the proposed name violates the Board's policy against recognizing names intended to promote a commercial enterprise. In October 2024, the Board was awaiting feedback on the proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Texas Geographic Names Committee. [...] In March 2021, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced plans to incorporate a new city to be called Starbase in the area. The city was planned to include the existing Boca Chica Village, the SpaceX test site and launch site, and more of the surrounding Boca Chica area. SpaceX submitted a petition in 2024 to Cameron County to formally incorporate the city of Starbase, which voters approved on May 3, 2025, through a municipal ballot measure. Formal incorporation occurred on May 20, 2025. ## History [edit] ### Early history [edit] In 1967, the settlement was founded as Kennedy Shores by John Caputa, a Chicagoan property developer, and was initially aimed at working-class Polish migrants.

• Community & Explore

  This is some text inside of a div block. Starbase is a city unlike any place on Earth, with humanity’s future in space unfolding in plain view for the public. From the humble beginnings of building rockets in tents, the city is now home to hundreds of residents along with world-class manufacturing and test facilities and an orbital launch pad. There are not currently publicly accessible businesses or amenities in the nascent community, but visitors can find a wealth of options in neighboring cities Brownsville, Port Isabel, and South Padre Island, including sites from which to view launches of the most powerful rocket in history. Beach Cleanup with Cameron County Boca Chica Beach Join SpaceX, Cameron County and Texas Adopt-a-Beach for a cleanup event on April 18, 2026. [...] The term “Starbase” came into wider use in March 2021, when SpaceX floated the idea of incorporating a city under that name. The vision was not just a launchpad, but a thriving spaceport community. That vision began materializing when the first families moved onsite to Weems (now Memes!) Street in early 2022, alongside existing Boca Chica residents, establishing a permanent residential presence alongside the launch and manufacturing operations. Today, Starbase is home to more than 500 full-time residents, including SpaceX employees, their families, children, and pets. It’s a company town like no other, one where building humanity’s path to Mars is a neighborhood and community endeavor. [...] ## A Short History of Starbase Starbase, Texas was born from SpaceX’s bold vision to establish a private spaceport to support its next generation launch vehicles. In August 2014, SpaceX announced it had selected a remote coastal site near Brownsville, Texas, drawn by its geographic advantages beneficial to spaceport operations.

• Starbase

  Starbase is developed with Frozenbyte’s internal game engine that is custom-built for conquering space, enabling the use of extremely challenging combination of voxel and vertex technologies in the game. The modern engine has been built specifically with Starbase in mind and the engine’s architecture is designed to handle all the quirks of simulation, damage, building, player amounts and the ever-growing universe to match the challenges the ambitious vision of the game can pose. Similarly, all features of the game have been developed with the infinite scale and the creative freedom of the players in mind. [...] Trailer Buy now Newsletter Privacy Policy Copyright © 2019-2020 Frozenbyte Oy. "Starbase" is a trademark or registered trademark of Frozenbyte Oy in the U.S. and other countries. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective owners. www.frozenbyte.com

• Starbase Overview

  Last Launch 24 Jul 2026 Location TX, United States SpaceX Starbase, located in Boca Chica, Texas, is a spaceport, production, and development facility for Starship rockets. Developed by SpaceX, it serves as an exclusive launch site to accommodate the company's launch manifest and tight launch windows. Initially planned for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, it shifted focus in 2018 exclusively to the next-generation Starship vehicle. The facility, under construction since the late 2010s, features significant rocket production and testing capacities. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk envisions Starbase as a departure point for commercial astronauts and eventually for launching missions to Mars. ## Common Starbase Questions ### What is SpaceX Starbase? What is SpaceX Starbase?

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