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Starbase

SpaceX Starbase development, manufacturing, test, and launch site — claims about production scale and catch towers with labels.

Status: Source-backed expansion Last checked: 2026-10-20 Fresh

Starbase is the ground system behind Starship: manufacture, test, integrate, launch, and (by design) catch.

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No one has approved a sale of Boca Chica State Park. (checked Oct. 20, 2026). Texas Monthly’s draft-agenda report is not a vote. Garcia’s statement is about the November meeting. Abbott’s line is “not coming up for a vote anytime soon.”
The FAA is studying up to 456 Starship launches a year at Starbase. (checked Oct. 18, 2026). The 100/200 and 456/912 figures are study bounds in a programmatic EIS. They are not an approved license.
Ship 40 is back in a Starbase Megabay. (checked Oct. 18, 2026). SpaceX’s October 13 post and Space.com’s flight account stay separate.

From the Starship page Starbase sections:

Claim	Label
Starbase hosts development, manufacturing, testing, and launch	Official company claim
Headquarters / commercial spaceport framing	Official company claim
Manufacturing sized toward up to ~1,000 Starships/year	Official ambition / capacity framing — not proven annual output
Launch pad with tall towers designed to integrate, test, launch, and catch	Official design claim
Rapid reuse without refurbishment as design goal	Design goal vs demonstrated ops

Without Starbase cadence, Moon/Mars cargo math is paper. Track:

Pad work and flight tests (event facts)
Environmental / regulatory constraints (government sources). The October 14, 2026 notice is the programmatic EIS
Production rate evidence (photos ≠ annual throughput)