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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.

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Trump aims to boost U.S. rocket launch approvals to 1,000 a year by 2030

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a national security memo to raise annual U.S. rocket launch and re-entry approvals to more than 1,000 by 2030. The memo calls for faster reviews of launch sites and environmental assessments, aiming to speed commercial space licensing. The White House framed it as an “America First” replacement for existing space transportation policy. Commerce and the FCC are tasked with securing spectrum, while Transportation is told to set priority airspace corridors and integrate launch traffic into modernised air traffic control.