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Blue Origin expands Florida facilities to increase New Glenn launches despite rocket explosion

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, is expanding production facilities and launch infrastructure in Florida to increase the number of launches of its heavy-lift reusable New Glenn rocket. It plans to add two dedicated launch pads at Cape Canaveral, restore the existing LC-36A pad and build LC-36B. The company will invest $330 million to expand its Rocket Park campus near Kennedy Space Center and aims to raise the annual launch limit for LC-36 to 50 from 12.

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SpaceX to cut Florida Starlink launches to about 2 a month from 8 to 9

SpaceX will sharply reduce launches from Florida for the rest of this year, effectively ending Starlink missions there and continuing Starlink launches mainly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California until Starship is deployed. Ars Technica reported the Florida cadence could fall to about two launches a month from 8 to 9. A SpaceX vice president said the latest Falcon 9 launch was the last scheduled Florida Starlink mission for now.

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Elon Musk bets 100 billion dollars on Louisiana as SpaceX builds giant Starbase

SpaceX plans to invest $100 billion to build a large space launch complex in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, replicating and expanding its Texas Starbase. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the project includes a Starship factory and launch pads. SpaceX targets a 2027 start and a 2029 first launch, while the state development agency offered a later timeline. The plan includes job creation, but environmental issues on Pecan Island could be a key challenge.