SpaceX announced Tuesday it plans to build its largest rocket launch site in southern Louisiana, investing $100 billion in a complex that could ultimately support thousands of Starship flights each year.

The 125,000-acre site on Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, called Starbase Louisiana, would become SpaceX’s fourth U.S. launch location and its second Starbase campus, Reuters reported.

Construction is slated to begin in 2027, with the first Starship launch planned for 2029, according to SpaceX.

SpaceX expects the project to create more than 3,000 jobs. In a video, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company could eventually bring “probably 10,000…

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